3 dead in small Colorado town

ROUTT COUNTY, Colo. — Three people were found dead Saturday in the small Routt County town of Phippsburg. 

The Routt County Sheriff's Office (RCSO) said authorities were called to a home in the 21000 block of 4th Avenue Saturday morning to perform a welfare check. 

When deputies arrived they found a man, James "Jake" Hill, 44, and two children dead. The children were ages 3 and 7. Their names were not immediately released.

The case is being investigated as a double murder-suicide, the sheriff's office said.

Anyone who may have information on the case is asked to call the Routt County Sheriff's Office. 

Phippsburg is about 25 miles south of Steamboat Springs.

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