South Dakota man ID'd as victim in 1987 unsolved homicide near Colorado-Wyoming border

Nearly four decades after his body was found between Walden and the Colorado-Wyoming border, the victim in a 1987 unsolved homicide out of Jackson County has been identified through additional DNA testing completed this year. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office identified Jerry A. Mikkelson, 24, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as the person found dead Oct. 18, 1987, according to a news release. Mikkelson was found on a U.S. Forest Service road 15 miles north of Walden and 5 miles from the Wyoming border, wearing a vest with the initials...