SAN JOSE — Police are investigating the 15th homicide of the year after a dead woman was found inside a room at the Holiday Inn Express Motel on Monterey Road around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday.

A worker at the motel at 2660 Monterey Road in South San Jose found the woman’s body and called police. Arriving officers determined that there were signs of foul play, and the San Jose Police Department homicide unit was summoned to the scene.

No further information was immediately available.

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Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.