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Suspect arrested after Denver musician found deceased in roadway near campground in Larimer County

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Posted at 11:41 AM, Feb 17, 2020
and last updated 2020-02-21 09:47:53-05

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A 48-year-old man has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge after a man was found deceased in a roadway in Larimer County on Feb. 11.

Kevin Dean Eastman of Greeley was arrested in connection to the homicide on Sunday. He was booked into the Larimer County Jail on allegations of first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body and an outstanding warrant from the Denver Police Department for assault, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said they have not released a booking photo of Eastman. No other information was available.

The man who died, who was identified on Wednesday as 53-year-old Stanley Scott Sessions, was found on the morning of Feb. 11 by Old Flowers Road and Pingree Park Road, which is west of Fort Collins and south of Poudre Canyon Road. The intersection is next to the Jacks Gulch Campground. The Larimer County Coroner's Office ruled his death a homicide.

Sessions was a popular trumpet player for the Colorado band "The Movers and Shakers," his bandmates confirmed.

The investigation is ongoing. Anybody with information on this crime is asked to call Larimer County Sheriff's Office Investigator Justin Atwood at 970-498-5143.