COLIN FLY
In a photo taken with a fisheye lens, jockeys and their horses make their way past the grand stand at the Churchill Downs before the 10th race at 138th Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Authorities planned to conduct an autopsy Monday for a man who was found dead in a barn at Churchill Downs hours after the Kentucky Derby.
The victim, who worked at the track, was identified Sunday as 48-year-old Adan Fabian Perez, a Guatemala native, according to Jo-Ann Farmer, chief deputy coroner for Jefferson County. His body was found early Sunday in a barn just four away – about 150 yards – from where this year’s Derby winner I’ll Have Another is kept.
“There’s a suspicion of foul play,” Farmer said Sunday evening.
Louisville Metro Police said the death is being investigated as a homicide, but that there appears to be no connection to the race.