ARVADA, Colo. — A suspicious death investigation is underway, and a man has been arrested after maintenance at an apartment complex in Arvada discovered the body of a young woman inside a block box earlier this week.

The investigation began shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, when Arvada police officers were called to the Perch Apartments at 7791 W. 52nd Ave. after a member of the building’s maintenance crew discovered “what appeared to be a human body inside of a black box next to a trash dumpster within an enclosure,” according a news release from the Arvada Police Department (APD).

Crime scene investigators responded to the scene and were able to identify the victim as a 29-year-old woman. Her identity has yet to be released.

After conducting interviews and executing search warrants, invest

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