Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body at a hotel in Farmington and say it appears to be a homicide.
Farmington police were dispatched to the Rimrock Inn about 6:30 a.m. Monday.
Someone reported seeing a body through an open door on the floor of one of the rooms.
When officers arrived, they found the man's body.
Detectives and crime scene personnel are investigating the death as a homicide.
The man's name is being withheld until his relatives can be notified.
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