A former El Paso County sheriff’s deputy who was reported missing nearly a year ago has been found and was booked in the Teller County jail on April 2, according to inmate records.

Kevin Sypher, 57, was first reported missing on April 27, 2023. According to previous reports by The Gazette, he was found in Denver on April 29 and temporarily reunited with his family.

However, on April 30, Sypher was reported missing for the second time. After a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park with a family member, Sypher “walked away from the vehicle he was traveling in,” leading to another search, according to officials.

Gazette news partner KOAA reports that the timing of his disappearance could have something to do with the dissolution of this second marriage. His ex-wife did not want to comment on the story.

Court documents show that she discovered Sypher was already married to another woman just one month after she married him, KOAA reported. Days after her discovery, Sypher walked off into Rocky Mountain National Forest and wasn’t heard from for nearly a year.

In looking into Sypher’s background, KOAA learned Sypher and his wife, Sara, worked together and that she is also in law enforcement.

In her petition to declare her marriage to Kevin Sypher invalid, the court documents say that less than a month after they got married in March 2023, she learned her new husband was already married to a woman in California — three days before his disappearance in April 2023.

Sypher faces charges of felony theft, charitable felony fraud and two misdemeanor counts of official misconduct, according to a news release from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

Sypher was employed with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office for 11 years, according to officials, and was terminated in August 2023, a few months after his disappearance.