Authorities ID Remains As Those Of Missing Colorado Treasure Hunter

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A treasure hunter who disappeared this year while searching for an author’s cache of gold and jewels in the New Mexico wilderness was confirmed dead by authorities Tuesday after his remains were discovered west of Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Police spokesman Greg Gurule said medical investigators confirmed the remains found along the Rio Grande north of Cochiti Lake were those of Randy Bilyeu, a 54-year-old grandfather from Colorado.
Randy Bilyeu (credit: Santa Fe Pol