Baltimore police are investigating the early morning death of a 24-year-old Frederick man whose body was found in an alley near the front entrance of a hotel near downtown.
Anthony Guglielmi, a city police spokesman, said detectives are awaiting results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death. He said detectives are investigating several possibilities, including whether the young man fell from a window or was killed in an attack.
The spokesman said the victim was with two other young men from Frederick visiting Baltimore to celebrate a birthday. They returned to their room at the Comfort Inn & Suites at 8 Pleasant St., between St. Paul and Charles streets, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m.
He said the young man wanted to go out and continuing partying. About 4 a.m., his friends went looking for him and found his body in an alley — Lovegrove Street — at the side of the hotel. Guglielmi said detectives have been unable to determine how he died.
Police have not yet released the victim's name pending notification of relatives.