A suspicious death is being investigated at a Chillicothe motel.

It happened at around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday at Americas [sic] Best Value Inn on Main Street.

When officers arrived they found a man dead inside. It wasn’t immediately apparent to the responding officers how the person died. As a result, a detective has been assigned.

Hotel managers told the Guardian that the entire property is under recorded video with a security system and that they are pulling the video for police.

No additional details or names have been released.

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