UPDATE: Kevin Sypher has been found, and is in contact with the Parker Police Department, according to a Saturday evening tweet by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department.

The Parker Police Department had begun a search for the missing El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy, who was last seen carrying trash bags in a neighborhood southeast of Denver on Thursday morning.

A tweet from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office identified Sypher as one of their own deputies.

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