COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Police in Colorado Springs are investigating a suspicious death after a person was found dead Wednesday morning at a motel on South Nevada Avenue.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers were dispatched around 11:37 a.m. to a motel in the 1700 block of South Nevada Avenue on a report of a deceased person inside a room. The motel is a few blocks away from I-25.
Police said suspicious circumstances surrounding the death prompted detectives with the department’s Homicide Unit to take over the investigation. Authorities have not identified the deceased person, and the cause and manner of death have not yet been determined.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Colorado Springs Police Department Communications Center or Crime Stoppers at (719)634-7867.
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