02/04/2010 04:00 AMA man’s body was found lying in the snow shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday morning near the 300 block of 8th Avenue Southeast in the Marcy Holmes neighborhood, authorities said. Second precinct officers responded to a call about an unconscious body and found the man dead, said Minneapolis Police Sgt. Jesse Garcia . The body has been identified, but the name had not been released to the public, said University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner . Miner was, however, able to verify that the deceased was “not a [University] student, staff or faculty member.” The death was ruled suspicious late Thursday morning by the Minneapolis Police Department Homicide Unit . No suspects are currently in custody, but investigators are following leads. The cause of death will not be known until an autopsy is completed by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office . A representative at the Examiner’s Office said nothing had been determined as of early Thursday afternoon. |
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