Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Aurora man found dead in Eagle County

Christopher Hodenpel
AURORA | Investigators in Eagle County are asking the public for information about a 38-year-old Aurora man found dead there last week. 

A sheriff’s deputy found Christopher Don Hodenpel’s partially decomposed body May 13 near Edwards, according to a statement from the Eagle County sheriff’s office. The deputy started searching for Hodenpel after workers maintaining a ditch found a backpack filled with cash and his belongings near Colorado Highway 6. 

The statement said Hodenpel had probably been dead in the area for a few days when the deputy found his body. 

An autopsy of Hodenpel found no apparent trauma to his body and a toxicology exam is pending. 

“No obvious cause of death has been determined at this time; however no immediate signs of criminal involvement have been found either,” the statement said.

Hodenpel is described as a Korean male, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 125 pounds, with black hair and black eyes. Investigators are asking anyone with information about Hodenpel and why he was in Eagle County to call 970-328-8500 or Eagle County Crime Stoppers at 970-328-7007. 

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