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SALT LAKE CITY — Police are now investigating the death of a man who was found last week in the Jordan River as a homicide.
A passerby discovered the body in the river near the Utah State Fairpark at 1300 W. North Temple on Wednesday. The body was on the bank of the river but was partially submerged. Police initially said they were treating the man's death as suspicious because it was found in the river.
On Monday, Salt Lake Police Sgt. Keith Horrocks confirmed that detectives are investigating the death as a homicide. Investigators discovered evidence at the scene, possibly wounds on the body, suggesting a homicide, he said.
Police are developing leads and have not made any arrests in the case. Detectives don't know exactly how the man died and are still trying to determine if the man was killed where his body was located, or if he was killed elsewhere, Horrocks said.
Anyone with information about the death is asked to call Salt Lake police at 801-799-3000.
Horrocks did not provide the man's identity, but family members have identified him as Joseph Lenord Salas, 49.
"He was a caring loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother and a very good friend," family members wrote on a GoFundMe page.*
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