MIDVALE — Police are investigating the death of a woman found in a motel room Tuesday in Midvale.
The middle-aged woman, whose name has not been released, was found dead in a second-story room at the Motel 6, located at 7263 Catalpa St., according to Unified police.
She was discovered just before 1 p.m. by a housekeeper, Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said. Police were called to the motel, and investigators with the Violent Crimes Unit were assigned.
The cause of the woman’s death was not immediately apparent before an autopsy. Police are investigating the death as suspicious because “they don’t have any obvious signs of why she should be deceased,” Gray said.
“In the event this turns out it could be a homicide, they want to have everything that we could potentially need,” Gray said.
Investigators were collecting evidence from the room Tuesday evening. Gray said she did not know whether the woman was checked into the room as a guest at the time of her death.