Belgrade/Brooten police have identified the deceased male found in an alley on Nov. 23.

The body has since been identified as Brian William Brockopp, 58, of Brooten, according to an updated news release issued Monday by Chief Casey Jansky.

Brockopp’s body was found in an alley in the city of Brooten on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 23, according to an earlier news release from the Belgrade/Brooten Police Department.

The body was discovered around 1:20 p.m. Thursday in an alley behind Western Avenue, and the death is still under investigation, but there are no public safety concerns, according to that news release.

Brockopp’s body was transported to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. Preliminary autopsy results did not disclose anything of a suspicious nature, according to Jansky.

Assisting the Belgrade/Brooten Police Department were the Brooten Fire Department, Glacial Ridge Ambulance Service and the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office.

–From the West Central Tribune