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A Silver Spring man reported missing on Halloween was found dead in Anne Arundel County, and police are investigating his death as a homicide.
Montgomery County police said a passerby called police after seeing a man’s body on Race Road near Park Circle Drive in Hanover.
Police identified the man as 37-year-old Manuel Enrique Diaz Gomez, who was reported missing by family members on Oct. 31. Relatives had last been able to reach Gomez on Oct. 27, police said.
Police said an autopsy will be conducted to determine how Gomez died, but his death is considered suspicious and being probed as a homicide.
Gomez’s body was found at about 4 p.m. Sunday. Anyone with information about his whereabouts prior to that or about the death is asked to call police at 240-773-5070.
