UPDATE: Authorities said Tayler Esslinger was found dead in his vehicle on Friday.

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GYPSUM — The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding one of their deputies who went missing Tuesday.

Tayler Esslinger, 26, was heading to the mountains in a black 2011 Dodge pickup truck early Tuesday morning, according to a Facebook post from the department. They said he hasn’t been seen since.

The truck has firefighter license plates with the plate number 719YBC.

Esslinger lives in Gypsum and is a detention deputy with the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, Jessie Porter, a spokesperson for the department said. Read more at 9News.

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Tayler Esslinger. Photo courtesy Tayler Esslinger’s family via 9News.