Undersheriff Charles Yslas told the media that the discovery site, located in a desolate area south of Roswell, New Mexico, was so remote that it took deputies nearly an hour of off-road travel to reach it. “It’s not a place you’d stumble upon by accident,” Yslas said, underscoring how strange it was for anyone — alive or otherwise — to end up there. The call came in around 4:30 p.m.
on Friday, October 17, when a tipster reported what appeared to be human remains. Responding units from the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office arrived just before sunset and quickly confirmed the grim finding.Authorities later identified the deceased as **34-year-old Cheyenne Lewis Boldes**, who had been reported missing on **September 17**, exactly one month earlier.
His family had spent weeks pleading for answers, organizing searches, and circulating flyers throughout the region. The discovery has brought a tragic end to that desperate search but has opened a new phase of investigation — one centered on what happened during the four weeks Boldes was missing and how he ended up in such a remote stretch of desert.
The Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, working alongside the New Mexico State Police Crime Scene Unit, spent the weekend processing the area and collecting evidence. Investigators have not disclosed whether foul play is suspected, pending autopsy results from the Office of the Medical Investigator. “We’re keeping all options open,”
Yslas said, noting that there were no immediate signs of trauma visible at the scene.Family and friends have described Boldes as a kind, free-spirited man who often explored the outdoors but would never have simply vanished without contacting loved ones. Now, as the investigation continues, they are left grieving — and waiting — for the truth about his final days in the desert.
