Gallup Police Investigate Unattended Death Near Highway 491 Chiropractor's Office

Gallup Police Department officers responded to 907 U.S. Highway 491 on March 13 after a report came in of an unattended death outside a chiropractor's office along the busy commercial corridor.

Officers located a body at or near the address and opened a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. The location sits along U.S. Highway 491, the major north-south route that runs through Gallup and connects McKinley County to communities across the Navajo Nation.

Unattended deaths trigger a mandatory investigative process under which police work to determine the cause and manner of death before the case can be closed or referred to the Office of the Medical Investigator. No further details about the identity of the deceased or the nature of the investigation have been released.

The Gallup Police Department has not issued a public statement identifying the individual or specifying whether foul play is suspected.