Update: Breckenridge police believe they’ve identified a man found dead in the Blue River
The Breckenridge Police Department has preliminarily identified a man found dead in the Blue River on Monday afternoon.
At about 1:54 p.m. Dec. 14, the Breckenridge Police Department was called to a report of a person in the Blue River adjacent to the Satellite Parking Lot. The Summit County Coroner’s Office also responded to conduct an investigation and to recover the man’s body.
The man is described as white with darker skin and is about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 150 pounds, according to the police department. He has brown hair, brown eyes and multiple tattoos. He was wearing snowboarding boots and pants.
The Summit County Coroner’s Office is working to complete a positive identification of the man and to notify his family. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Anyone with information about the incident should call the nonemergency dispatch number at 970-668-8600 or email Detective Jennifer Johnson at jenniferj@townofbreckenridge.com.
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