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Police Identify Man Found Dead at Churchill Downs

By: AP
Updated: Mon 6:42 PM, May 07, 2012

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Authorities plan to conduct an autopsy Monday for a man who was found dead in a barn at Churchill Downs hours after the Kentucky Derby.

Jefferson County chief deputy coroner Jo-Ann Farmer says the victim worked at the track and has been identified as 48-year-old Adan Fabian Perez, a Guatemala native. His body was found early Sunday in a barn just four away -- about 150 yards -- from where this year's Derby winner I'll Have Another is kept.

Farmer says foul play is suspected.

Louisville Metro Police say the death is being investigated as a homicide, but there appears to be no connection to the race.

Farmer says the victim lived at the track's quarters for workers.


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