Police investigate suspicious death

Police are investigating a suspicious death in a northwest Albuquerque home.

Originally it was thought to be a homicide, but the incident was later deemed a suspicious death.

Around 3 p.m. Monday, police officers were dispatched to 4300 66th Street NW on an EMS call.

At the home a woman told police officers she found her boyfriend unconscious and not breathing, according to Officer Nadine Hamby.

Firefighters confirmed that a man in his 50s was dead inside the home.

After interviewing witnesses and examining evidence, police ruled the death suspicious.

Police are now waiting for a cause of death from the Office of the Medical Investigator.