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CBI agents arrested Steven Boyles on a first-degree murder warrant after Kevin Boyles was found dead in Trinidad.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, that Steven Boyles, 61, was booked into the Las Animas County Jail on a first-degree murder warrant. Deputies found his brother, Kevin Boyles, 59, dead the morning before at a residence in the 13700 block of Winterhawk Drive.
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A first-degree murder warrant is the paper the bureau says it obtained. It is not a conviction, and the release does not print a bond, a court date, or a cause of death past the word homicide. The agents' determination that the death was a homicide is the investigative conclusion in the release. It is not a jury finding.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation posted a release dated November 1, 2026, submitted by RLow, under the headline "CBI Investigates Las Animas County Homicide; Suspect Arrested." The dateline reads "November 1, 2026 – CBI – Las Animas County, CO." It says the bureau, serving as the lead investigative agency at the request of the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office, has arrested a suspect in connection with a homicide in Las Animas County. It says that on October 30, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m., deputies with the sheriff's office responded to a report of a deceased person at a residence in the 13700 block of Winterhawk Drive, Trinidad, CO. Upon arrival, it says, law enforcement located Kevin Boyles, 59, deceased. A friend of the victim had discovered him and called 911. Deceased, in the arrival sentence, and a homicide, in the next paragraph, are not the same finding. The release says the initial scene investigation and interviews led CBI special agents to determine that Mr. Boyles' death was a homicide.
The release says special agents then identified the victim's brother, Steven Boyles, 61, as the suspect and obtained an arrest warrant for First-Degree Murder. It says that on October 31, 2026, CBI agents and Las Animas County Sheriff's deputies located him and took him into custody without incident. It says he was booked into the Las Animas County Jail on the first-degree murder warrant. First-Degree Murder, on the warrant line, and first-degree murder, on the booking line, are not the same capitalization. An arrest warrant, and a booking on that warrant, are not the same document. The release thanks the sheriff's office for its assistance. It does not print a weapon, a relationship beyond brother, a bond, or a court date. No second public account used here added a fact this release does not print. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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