Fargo police investigating death as homicide

Fargo police are now treating the death of a man early Friday as a homicide.

Lt. Joel Vettel tells KFGO radio that the man's body was discovered behind the Bison Center Strip Mall about 1 a.m. Friday. He says a cause of death was not immediately determined. The man was not immediately identified.

Meanwhile, the state medical examiner has determined that a homeless man found dead in Fargo on Jan. 9 died of hypothermia. The body of 48-year-old Randy Lafontaine was found under a flatbed truck, on a day when the temperature reached 24 degrees below zero.

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Information from: KFGO-AM

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