Minneapolis police investigate suspicious death in Marcy-Holmes neighborhood

Police are investigating a suspicious death Monday morning in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood of Minneapolis.

According to Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder, just before 8 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call of a reported overdose in an apartment on the 800 block of 13th Avenue Southeast, The Denn Apartments.

Officers found a woman in her late 20s who was "obviously deceased," Elder said.

However, she did not appear to have died of an overdose, and the person who reported the incident had left the scene by the time officers arrived. Elder said these factors led police to open a suspicious death investigation.

"The information that was provided to our 911 dispatchers, in fact, doesn’t mesh with what we’re seeing inside the apartment," said Elder.

"If you called 911, or any of you called 911, I would have to imagine you would stay. That just seems like good business," Elder continued. "If you cared enough to call 911, you would normally care enough to stay on the scene and provide whatever information you have."

The sight of police and crime scene tape was upsetting to some tenants of the apartment complex, which includes a mix of University of Minnesota students and others who work in the area.

"It’s sad," said Kaitlyn McNutt, a tenant at The Denn.

She and others say they have been concerned about conditions at the complex, which markets itself online as "renovated Dinkytown student apartments."

"When we first moved in, there were overdoses, homeless people getting in, there are signs that say like, ‘don’t prop the doors,’" McNutt said.

Coney Durr, a University of Minnesota student, told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he was in the process of moving out because of an attempted break-in and ongoing maintenance issues.

"It’s not surprising," Durr said about the suspicious death investigation. "It’s a lot of weird stuff that goes on at this apartment that management doesn’t control."

Apartment managers could not be reached for comment on Monday.

Police say they will now be working with managers to review any possible surveillance video. Elder said more information from the Hennepin County medical examiner is expected in the coming days.

Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact them. No arrests have been made at this time.