The body of a 38-year-old man whom police say may have been a
suspect in a King City homicide was found in a local motel room
Saturday afternoon.
Morgan Hill – The body of a 38-year-old man whom police say may have been a suspect in a King City homicide was found in a local motel room Saturday afternoon.
Police said there appeared to be nothing suspicious related to the death, but an investigation is underway.
The man’s name is not being released yet because the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office is trying to confirm his identity.
Morgan Hill police Sgt. Jerry Neumayer said the man is from Gardena and may have been a suspect in a King City homicide this summer.
The man’s body was found Saturday afternoon at approximately 1:40pm when the manager of the Economy Inn on Monterey Road went to see if the man would be staying another night. He had checked in Friday night, and it did not appear that anyone else had been in the room with him. He was found half in and half out of bed, according to Cmdr. Joe Sampson.
Officers were called to the motel, and the manager told them the man was not opening his door. They entered the room and found the man dead.
Neumayer said there were no weapons found in the room and no drugs, no suicide note, “nothing suspicious.”
An autopsy was performed Monday afternoon to determine the cause of death. Neumayer said there were no obvious wounds or marks on the man’s body.
