Blanco woman missing for nearly 10 years found dead – The Durango Herald

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating

Sharron Holcomb, who had been missing since 2014, was found dead on July 3 near where she was last seen.

The body of a Blanco woman who had been missing for nearly 10 years was found July 3 by a person walking in the area, according to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.

Sharron Holcomb was 64 years old when she disappeared on November 18, 2014. She was last seen at 1 p.m. that day, driving away from her Farmington-based business, Holcomb Oil and Gas Co. Her car was later found at the family’s home in Bloomfield, but she was not home.

The body was discovered “near the 77-mile marker on Highway 64,” said San Juan County Sheriff’s Captain Kevin Burns. “She was wearing the same clothing she was last seen in,” namely “brown corduroy pants and a brown turtleneck sweater.”

The remains were sent to the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque and Burns said, “based on normal procedures and dental records, the body was positively identified as Sharron Holcomb.”

Burns added that the sheriff’s office “has not received a report of the findings,” which would include a possible cause of death in the case.

Holcomb’s husband, William “Jeff” Holcomb, reported her missing in 2014 and reportedly told sheriff’s investigators that Sharron “voluntarily left the home in a disturbed mental state,” which is “what we were told at the time,” Burns said.

A year after Holcomb’s disappearance, Vectra Bank sued Holcomb Oil and Gas Co. for a $712,233 unpaid loan.

The lawsuit, filed on November 25, 2015, named Sharron Holcomb, William “Jeff” Holcomb and Holcomb Oil and Gas Co. as defendants.

The 11th District Court ruled in favor of Vectra Bank on Sept. 27, 2017, and ordered the Holcombs to pay the loan as well as the bank’s attorney fees and court costs, court records state.

The next day, September 28, 2017, William “Jeff” Holcomb filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico, according to court records.

Then, on May 31, 2022, William “Jeff” Holcomb filed a motion for informal probate of Sharron Holcomb’s will, stating in court documents that she died on November 18, 2019, at age 69, court records show.

He applied to be appointed “personal representative of the estate,” which was granted on June 29, 2022.

Now that Sharron Holcomb has been found, the missing person case is closed, Burns said, “but the investigation will continue until we determine the cause and circumstances of death.”

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