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Gene Kennedy Reporting Passers-by are shocked when they discover a body in downtown Salt Lake. Police say it was in the middle of the road, near Social Hall Plaza.
It caused quite a public disturbance. Police had to shut down streets all around the area. The body was found around midnight.
Police say it's a man in his mid-twenties. They found his wallet on scene and have identified him.
Police initially thought maybe the body had been dumped and this could be a homicide. But several factors point to a suicide.
Investigators found blood in the man's car, but then something strange-- a bloody footprint found on the roof of a nearby parking garage. Detectives say the man tried to take his own life and when that didn't work he stumbled up to a parking garage and jumped. That would be roughly a five to six story drop.
So far, that's what investigators believe. But again, there's a lot of work ahead to get to the bottom of this.
The maintainence crew at Social Hall called police after seeing the body. Homicide detectives and bloodhounds initially responded, thinking there could have been a crime. But the medical examiner has determined it was a suicide.
It took hours for the roads in the area to re-open, but that happened around 3:00 this morning.
