Police investigating after body found in Colorado Springs motel room

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says its homicide unit is investigating after a body was found in a motel room Wednesday morning.

According to the department, at around 11:37 a.m. on May 20, officers were called to a motel in the 1700 block of South Nevada Avenue to investigate a report of a dead person found inside. When they arrived, officers were able to confirm there was a body inside one of the rooms.

Due to what CSPD called "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the death, the department's Homicide Unit was notified and took over the investigation.

At this time, police say the person has not been identified, and their cause and manner of death have not yet been determined.

Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to call CSPD at (719) 444-7000 or report information anonymously through Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers at (719) 634-STOP (7867).

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