(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Police Detectives in Council Bluffs are attempting to identify the person wanted in connection with a death investigation. Authorities say that at around 3:10-p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7th, Council Bluffs police and fire departments were dispatched to 2712 South 24th Street, in Council Bluffs, at the Super 8 Motel, for a report of an unresponsive person. An investigation revealed that an adult female died at the hotel under suspicious circumstances. Final results of the autopsy are still pending.

Authorities said the victim who has been identified as 35-year-old Natalia Manriquez Sepulveda was found dead at the Super 8 Motel near Interstate 80 and 24th Street. She was an employee at the motel.

The Council Bluffs Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest in the investigation. The person is described as a black male in his late 30s or early 40s, who may frequent the Super 8 Motel. Pictures of the individual wanted for questioning are shown in this story.

Specific details of the investigation are not being released at this time, as the investigation is on-going.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728. To remain anonymous, they may call CrimeStoppers at 712-328-7867 or submit an on-line crime tip at https://www.councilbluffs-ia.gov/FormCenter/Police-Department-2/Online-CrimeStoppers-Tip-70