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Deceased male found on Gallup’s west side ID’d

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The man discovered dead by a passerby Jan. 18, at mile marker 16 – the westbound Interstate 40  on-ramp – was identified by Gallup Police as  47-year-old Michael Chance of Sanders, Ariz.

GPD Det. Billy Padavich released Chance’s name Jan. 22, and said his body was transported to the Albuquerque Office of the Medical Investigator for an autopsy.

“Detectives arrived on scene (Jan. 18), and processed the male individual and the scene and found no outward signs of foul play,” Padavich said. “The results of the autopsy is unknown at this time.”