Anchorage man’s death now a homicide investigation

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Anchorage police have reclassified the death of a man last weekend as a homicide.

Police say the man found Sunday behind a business on west 36th Avenue had suffered trauma to his body. The man’s name has not been released.

Police took a call shortly after midnight that a man had been found dead at the business between Spenard Road and Arctic Boulevard.

The witness who called stayed at the scene and co-operated with police.

Detectives are trying to speak to witnesses with additional information or surveillance footage.