Police ID’s body found inside vehicle in SW Albuquerque
Albuquerque police officers were dispatched to 5th Street and Iron around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. They said a vehicle had been parked on the side of the road for the past five days.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police have identified the body that was found in the southeast part of the city.
Police say Ruben Lovato was discovered dead inside a vehicle on 5th Street and Iron around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
According to APD, the vehicle had been parked on the side of the road for the past five days.
Lovato’s cause of death was determined by an autopsy to be blunt force trauma. The investigation is ongoing.
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