LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Authorities in Las Cruces have identified a man found dead in the hopper of a city garbage truck.
Las Cruces police announced Friday that foul play is not suspected in the death of 61-year-old Roy Vigil, of Vado.
Officers were called to an area behind a supermarket about 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Police say the body was in the garbage truck hopper where solid waste is held for transport to a transfer station.
They say Vigil appeared to have an injury to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives believe the man was rummaging through a commercial trash bin behind the supermarket when the refuse truck arrived to collect the trash.
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