Lifelong Rochester resident Justin Whitaker, 30, was identified by the El Paso County Coroner's as the deceased man found in a creek outside of Fountain, Colorado on April 18.

According to a news release by the Fountain Police Department, on April 18, at approximately 2:30 pm, officers with the Fountain Police Department received a call from a citizen who found a man's body just north of Duckwood Park, in Fountain Creek. 

The Fountain Police Department's Investigation Division said there were no obvious signs of trauma prior to the autopsy. 

Whitaker had recently moved to Colorado.  He had lived around the Rochester community for most of his life.

The case remains an active investigation and is considered to be a suspicious death. Anyone with more information about this incident is asked to call Detective Michael Bixby at (719) 382-4264.