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Pueblo Police reopen Memorial Park following the discovery of a body

Minnequa Lake Park
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PUEBLO, CO — The Pueblo Police Department is seeking anyone who might have any information or surveillance video in the Memorial Park area.

In a Twitter post Tuesday, the police department said that Lake Minnequa Veterans Memorial Park would be closed for most of Tuesday while officers investigate a suspicious death.

According to the department, Lake Minnequa Veterans Memorial Park reopened at 1:45 p.m. The department confirmed it is investigating the suspicious death of a man found in the park.

The department is asking anyone with security footage or images of the area from midnight - 3:30 a.m. Tuesday to contact the Department Communications Center at (719) 553-2502, Detective Joe Cardona at (719) 553-3385, or Pueblo Crime Stoppers at (719) 542-STOP (7867).

In a recent Twitter post Thursday, the Pueblo County Coroner revealed that the deceased man was 48-year-old Adam Jessup. An autopsy is scheduled to provide evidence and determine his cause of death. Jessup's next-of-kin has been notified.
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