UPDATE 12/15/25: Pitkin County Sheriffs reported on Saturday that Bull has been found deceased. Local support can be found at Aspen Hope Center. Call or text 988 to reach the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or visit 988lifeline.org. These services are free and confidential.
Lathrop: We've continued our search for that individual in the area we believe him to be or to have gone. But so far we have, we've not located him during that time. We've searched with the help of Mountain Rescue Aspen and other regional partners. We've searched that area almost every day or parts of that area every day with search teams, with drones, and with search dogs. And so far we have, we have not found anything, gives us any more direction than we had the first day.
KDNK: Okay. And I saw on the original media release that he is possibly thought to be armed. Can you expand on why?
Lathrop: We don't believe him to be a danger to the public, but it is, it's relevant to, to when he, he did leave his home so we, we believe he was armed when he left, and so we felt that pertinent to include in the release, but we don't believe him to be in danger to the public.
Lathrop says that anyone with any information regarding Stephen Bull's disappearance, his current whereabouts, or anybody who's seen anything suspicious, should contact the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office directly at (970) 920-5300.
