The APD's Detective Bob Friel terms the death "suspicious" and identifies the patch of ground in question a "crime scene."
Darkness prevented investigators from getting much done last night. As such, APD personnel guarded the scene overnight. At daybreak, investigators and detectives from the departments crime scene unit were scheduled to return to a spot near the area depicted in the interactive graphic below. If you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map."
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