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Forest Lawn suspicious death has Calgary police seeking help

A deceased woman has been found in a room at the Town and Country Motor Hotel in the southeast Calgary community of Forest Lawn. Police want to talk to a 43-year-old man in connection with the suspicious death.

Police seeking 43-year-old man after hotel staff found woman's body in Town and Country Motor Hotel room

A suspicious death is being investigated after a medical distress call came in before noon Thursday. (Mike Symington/CBC)

A woman was found dead in a Forest Lawn hotel room around noon Thursday in what police are calling a suspicious deathone of several in recent weeks.

Town and Country Motor Hotel staff called police originally thinking it was a case of medical distress but police quickly determined the death was suspicious.

Investigators want to talk toa 43-year-old aboriginalmanwho may be "critical to this investigation," police said in a statement late Thursday.

He's described as 5'9" in height, approximately 130 poundswith a shaved head and soul patchbeard.

An autopsy is scheduled Friday.