Man found dead in east Salem home after 911 call
Detectives are investigating after responding to a 911 call in an east Salem home and finding a 54-year-old man dead.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office received the call from a home on Northeast Clearwater Avenue around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. The street is in the Four Corners area near the Orchard View Apartments.
Detectives are working with the Oregon State Police crime lab to investigate the cause of death and circumstances, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Tuesday evening.
Investigators do not believe there’s a threat to the community.
The agency released no other details.
Anyone with information related to the case is asked to contact Detective Noe Martinez at (503) 316-6650.
Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.
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Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers education, economic development and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for over a decade and is a past president of Oregon's Society of Professional Journalists chapter. Outside of work, you can often find her gardening or with her nose buried in a book.
