The Mesa County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the cause of death of a body found Saturday morning on Orchard Mesa.
Shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday, the Colorado State Patrol and the Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to 27 1/2 Road near B 1/4 Road for a body found in the canal or creek that runs behind the Intermountain Veterans Memorial Park.
A gray, Ford F-150 pickup was in the ditch near the body. The truck did not appear damaged, but its back end was stuck in the ditch with its front end facing the road.
