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Deputy Recently Resigned Before Found Dead

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - A La Plata County deputy had just resigned from the agency three days before he was found dead inside his home in Bayfield.

Jeremiah Lee's body was found inside his burned-out home, but the cause of death has not been determined yet.

Bayfield Fire 1 (CREDIT Pine River Times)
The scene of the fatal Bayfield fire Friday morning. (credit: Pine River Times)

The Durango Herald reports Lee had a gunshot wound. The sheriff's office tells CBS4 Lee had a "personal situation" come up in his life earlier this month.

Jeremiah Lee (CREDIT Colorado Cattlemens Association, taken in February)
Jeremiah Lee accepts an award in February. (credit: Colorado Cattlemen's Association)

The agency would not elaborate on that situation.

Officials say it forced investigators to perform an administrative investigation, but Lee resigned before the investigation was complete.

Bayfield Fire 2 (CREDIT Pine River Times)
(credit: Pine River Times)

More details from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation about Lee's death are expected on Wednesday.

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