Investigators say homeless man's death is suspicious

DEAD IN A SLEEPING BAG NEAR A PARK TONIGHT INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE MAN DIED OF EXPOSURE CRIS ORNELAS MET WITH DETECTIVES TODAY IN SOCORRO HE SHOWS US WHY POLICE GOT SUSPICIOUS 22 47 socorro police say there were several things about the way the body was found that indicate that this was something more than a transient that died of exposure For instance they say this rock was underneath the body in the middle of his back not the way you d expect somebody to be sleeping they also say he was on an incline with his feet pointed up hill THIS PARK IN SOCORRO WAS FILLED WITH SOCCER GAMES AND FAMILY COOK-OUTS WHEN AN ELEVEN AND TWELVE-YEAR-OLD MADE A MORBID DISCOVERY couple of the kids went up by the railroad and found a body in a sleeping bag AT FIRST POLICE THOUGHT IT WAS A HOMELESS MAN WHO DIED OF EXPOSURE BUT THE CLUES DON T ADD UP it looks like a suspicious death POLICE THINK SOMEONE PLACED THE BODY THERE SINCE THEY FOUND A ROCK UNDER HIS BACK AND WHEN OMI DID AN AUTOPSY THEY FOUND BROKEN RIBS INVESTIGATORS THINK SOMEONE BROKE HIS RIBS WHEN THEY MOVED HIS BODY--- THEY ALSO THINK THEY TRIED TO WASH AWAY ANY EVIDENCE the clothing of the victim is clean he was clean even his nails were clean POLICE IDENTIFIED THE MAN AS 55 YEAR OLD JAY HOLBROOK THROUGH HIS FINGERPRINTS-- BUT HAVEN T BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIS FAMILY THEY SAY HE WAS HOMELESS BUT HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THEY WANT TO TO TALK TO ANYONE WHO KNEW HOLBROOK IN HOPES THEY CAN PIECE TOGETHER HIS FINAL HOURS AND CAPTURE A POSSIBLE KILLER 24 04 police say if this is ruled a homicide by omi it will be the first one in socorro in 2007 reporting in socorro cris ornelas eyewityness news four THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE