GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Garden City police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old man at a motel as a homicide.
Officers were called to the Sunflower Inn Sunday morning and found Alec Cantu dead on the floor of a motel room. Police said in a news release that Cantu’s body showed signs of trauma and it was apparent an altercation had occurred in the room. Before Cantu’s body was found, officers responded to a call about an abandoned vehicle in the Arkansas River. Police say the car was registered to Cantu and had been vandalized.
The investigation is continuing.
