Suspicious death at Delaware beach hotel

State Police are trying to determine the cause of death for a woman found in a Dewey Beach motel.

A cleaning lady found the body in a room on the first floor of the Atlantic Oceanside Motel around 11 a.m. Monday.  She alerted the motel manager who called 911.  Dewey Beach Police turned the investigation over to Delaware State Police. 

The investigation is still in the early stages, but investigators have classified the death as suspicious.

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal