CBI Identifies Remains Found Near Skyline Drive as Missing Cañon City Man

Overview

• Hikers discovered human remains near Skyline Drive earlier this month that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has identified as Shawn Michael Dixon Sr., who went missing in 2023.
• The CBI has taken lead of an active death investigation and is awaiting autopsy and forensic results to establish cause and manner of death.
• Dixon was last seen exiting a taxi near Rudd Park and did not arrive at a planned family meeting at Triangle Park, the circumstances that prompted the original missing-person inquiry.
• Authorities are asking the public for help and say tips can be submitted anonymously to Fremont County Crime Stoppers at 719-275-STOP (7867), via P3tips.com, or by texting FCCS to 738477.
• Cañon City police requested CBI assistance in 2024 and investigators caution that forensic testing can take time, so the identification gives the family confirmation while key questions remain unanswered.