Body Found In Dalton Motel; No Foul Play Suspected

  • Thursday, March 3, 2016
The Dalton Police Department responded to a report of a dead body found in a room at the Downtowner motel on Thornton Avenue. The deceased was found by a member of the motel's cleaning crew. 

Detectives are processing the scene as they do with any unattended death, but there are no apparent signs of any foul play. 
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