Wheat Ridge police are investigating the death of a young woman whose body was found Wednesday morning in Clear Creek.
The body was spotted by a person walking a dog on the greenbelt path just north of the swollen creek, said Lt. Dave Pickett, police spokesman.
Officers found the woman’s body in the area near 10400 W. 44th Ave.
After the woman’s body was pulled from the creek, investigators determined that she was in her 20s.
She was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and police do not believe she was involved in a water-recreation accident.
There were no outward signs of trauma to the body, Pickett said.
The case is being investigated as a suspicious death.
“This could be an accident, it could always be a suicide or it could be foul play,” Pickett said. “What we know as law enforcement is people don’t normally end up in the creek and for that reason we need to find out what happened.”
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the woman Wednesday afternoon but is withholding her name until family members are notified. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Officials could not say how long the woman may have been in the creek. She has not been connected to any missing-person reports.
Accidents are “not unheard of” this time of year when the creek is running deep and fast, Pickett said.
Jordan Steffen: 303-954-1794 or jsteffen@denverpost.com
