EL PASO COUNTY — A man whose body was found last weekend in unincorporated El Paso County has been identified by the coroner.
According to the El Paso County Coroner's Office, he was 43-year-old Michael Whitcomb.
The official cause of death will be determined by the coroner's office, but the El Paso County Sheriff's Office says they are investigating Whitcomb's death as a homicide.
If you have any information regarding this incident, you are asked to call the sheriff's office tip line at (719)520-7777.
Background Information
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says the office is conducting a suspicious death investigation.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's office says the body of an adult man was discovered in a field at the intersection of Boca Raton Heights and Rancho Colorado Boulevard in the Fountain Valley area of unincorporated El Paso County around 4:00 p.m. Saturday.
They tell us there is no threat to the public.
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