No evidence of crime after women’s shoes are found in Colorado

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office investigated the area around a remote pond outside Grand Junction after an epoxy specialist posted a YouTube video documenting 12 pairs of shoes he said he found there, speculating that they were the work of a serial killer could be.

“We have investigated all reports we have received and at this time no evidence of any wrongdoing has been discovered,” said Wendy Likes, spokesperson for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.

The YouTube video, titled “LEVI INVESTIGATES EP1 – POSSIBLE KILLER ON THE LOOSE,” was posted last month by Levi Comstock, owner of Countertop Epoxy in Grand Junction. That post and a follow-up video received hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and TikTok, as amateur sleuths focused on the case and posted their own crime theory videos and comments.

Comstock declined an interview request from JS on Thursday.

“Each time our officers and investigators responded, the items appeared to be trash and illegal dumping, which is very common in the desert areas here,” Likes told The Post. “We also don’t have multiple reports of missing women in Mesa County. If we receive further reports, we will respond and investigate, as we do with any report of possible criminal activity.”

In the video, Comstock said he was driving along the Book Cliffs in western Colorado, where he lives, when he found several pairs of high-heeled shoes around a pond in a remote area. Comstock can be seen walking around the pond showing off pairs of discarded shoes, which he said were in various sizes and in various states of disrepair.

Comstock said he called friends who brought dogs — which were not trained to be cadaver dogs — to search the area. Initially, Comstock said he contacted the sheriff’s department and was told they were not interested, but in a follow-up video posted shortly afterward, Comstock said police were investigating.

“I don’t know if we have a serial killer or what it is,” Comstock said in a video.