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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police have identified the man found dead in the parking lot of a large Albuquerque hotel near I-40 and Carlisle Saturday.

He is 55-year-old Thomas Mitchell, who was traveling through Albuquerque when he got in a physical struggle with another hotel guest and died, according to Albuquerque police spokesman Tanner Tixier.

But details of what happened in that altercation — and how Mitchell died — remain scarce. Violent crimes detectives were investigating after the body was found.

Nobody has been charged or arrested in the case, Tixier said.

“The details of (Mitchell’s death) cannot be released yet because evidence is still being processed and analyzed,” Tixier said.

He said the community is not in danger.

“This was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public related to this incident,” he said.

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