The family had lived there since at least 2019, and police said no one in the family had a known criminal record. Neighbors reported they know of no signs of trouble at the home. Gasis’ phone data is being analyzed by the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office to look for evidence of a possible motive, Brock said.
Police responded to the home after a family member asked for a welfare check because they had not heard from the residents for a few days. The Montezuma County Coroner’s Office determined that the deaths occurred two to four days before their bodies were found. He said relatives of the family had reported to investigators they had been concerned about Gasis’ emotional state. “Nothing came out indicating a reason,” Brock said. No motive for the murders has been determined. Gasis is the suspect in the murder of his mother and her husband, Brock said. The Sandersons died of blunt force trauma, and Gasis died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a handgun, said Assistant Chief Andy Brock with the Cortez Police Department. Sanderson, 79, and his wife, Ona Sanderson, 77 – the owners of the home – as well as Ona Sanderson’s son, Linas Gasis, 46, were found dead at their residence at 1609 Tucker Court. No motive has been determined phone of suspect being analyzed for cluesĪn investigation into the deaths of three people at a home in northeast Cortez in January has determined that two died from homicide and one from suicide, according to police.
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