RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating what they say is a suspicious death.

Authorities are searching for a man believed to be a recent companion of a woman whose body was found in a hotel Wednesday. Police say 60-year-old Helen Wright had been dead for at least two days.

Preliminary autopsy results indicate Wright's injuries were consistent with an assault.

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