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Clear Creek Sheriff Matt Harris said he was disappointed by failures within his department after initial calls came in regarding a missing person report that was first filed last week.Paul Peavey was found dead three days after that initial report when a group of residents located his body after a brief search.“Somebody called our department asking for assistance and we didn’t investigate it thoroughly,” Harris told Denver7 Investigates on Wednesday.
”“Our initial response was unacceptable,” Harris told Denver7 Investigates. “For lack of a better phrase, we blew it off and didn’t investigate it thoroughly.”However, despite these early failures, Harris is confident in the murder investigation and his department’s ability to catch the killer.“Despite the missteps on the front end, the investigative work thereafter and since then has been excellent, has been top notch. The community will be proud of the work we are doing,” Harris said.
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