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The Durango Police Department responded to a report of a homeless man found dead Thursday morning behind a building adjacent to<\/p>\n
Cmdr. Ray Shupe said officers were dispatched around 9:30 a.m. to a report of a deceased man.<\/p>\n
Officers found the man, age 61, with no obvious signs of trauma. Authorities are not releasing his name until next of kin are notified.<\/p>\n
Shupe said the man was homeless, but had been living in the Durango area for some time. It wasn\u2019t immediately known how long he had been camping at that spot, a well-vegetated area between Main Avenue and the railroad tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had numerous contacts with him,\u201d Shupe said. \u201cIt was apparent he was camping behind the business there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because there were no obvious signs of trauma, it\u2019s going to take an autopsy and\/or toxicology to determine a cause of death, Shupe said. That may take a week or longer, he said.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the death is asked to call detective Josh Newman at 375-4733.<\/p>\n