Police identify bodies found in Rapid City park

RAPID CITY (AP) — Authorities in Rapid City have identified the bodies of two men found in Roosevelt Park.

The media reports authorities responded Saturday to a body floating in a park pond. Emergency personnel leaving the scene came upon the body of a second man near a parking lot.

The man in the park's pond was identified as 43-year-old Eldred Red Fox of Rapid City. Authorities say initial autopsy results are consistent with a drowning.

Investigators identified the second man as 25-year-old Matthew Standing Crow of Rapid City. An initial autopsy found that he died by suicide by hanging,

Toxicology results are pending on both men.

Police says the deaths appear to be unrelated and no foul play is suspected.

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