Police investigate body found at ABQ Sunport
Mar. 5—A "foul" odor led security to a body inside a vehicle early Friday morning on the top level of the parking garage at the Albuquerque Sunport.
Albuquerque Police Interim Chief Harold Medina said they do not know how long the body had been there but said the person was not killed at the Sunport.
"Vehicles come and park there for days on days..the tipping point here for this vehicle was they felt there was a foul odor," he said.
Medina said they don't even know if the homicide happened in the city limits. He did not give the persons gender or say how they died.
Medina said around 1 a.m. airport security were doing random checks of the parking garage when they smelled a "foul odor" coming from a vehicle. He said Security called Albuquerque police to assist and they discovered the body.
"Detectives are already working on some leads that we have but it's still very early in the investigation," he said.
Albuquerque police cordoned off the parking garage stairwells with crime scene tape as detectives gathered on the top level around a vehicle.
Nyika Allen, Director of Aviation for the city, said the investigation has not impacted airport operations in any way.
