Mar Lee neighborhood residents woke up Tuesday to a grim discovery as police officers swarmed the area where two suitcases packed with human remains were found.
At around 7:15 a.m., public works employees came upon the suspicious suitcases as they plowed the sidewalks following a snowy night.
When police arrived, they searched the suitcases and determined that the human remains inside belonged to a white man who had died recently.
Detectives started immediately reviewing surveillance footage from the neighborhood and verifying the missing person reports.
According to the same sources, Denver Police said that the victim’s remains did not match any missing person report they had and that the decedent was likely an outsider to Denver.
Neighbors told local news media that officers knocked at every single home in the Mar Lee neighborhood looking for information.
As of Wednesday evening, the Office of the Medical Examiner was working on the identification of the man and the incident was being investigated as a homicide.
“It’s a potential that this press briefing might spark that call that we’re waiting for,” Lt. Matt Clark said.
