ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — The man who was found dead in the South Platte River Tuesday morning in Adams County with puncture wounds to his upper body has been identified as 64-year-old Bruce Alan Heil (pictured below), according to the Adams County Sheriff's Office (ACSO).
Deputies and detectives with ACSO responded to the area of the 9000 block of Riverdale Road around 9:30 a.m. after an Adams County employee who was working in the area discovered the man's body in the river. That's not far from the intersection of East 88th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Detectives are interviewing witnesses, according to the sheriff's office.
They're asking anyone with information to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. You can also go online to metrodenvercrimestoppers.com.
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