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UPDATE: Man arrested after Suffolk police find 58-year-old killed at motel

Initially, the police department said officers were looking into an undetermined death. A day later, police updated the case to a homicide.

SUFFOLK, Va. — Police in Suffolk arrested a suspect after someone found a man's body at a Regal Inn Motel in the city.

Initially, on July 11, the police department said officers were looking into an undetermined death. 

Someone found the body of James Lee Golden, 58, at the hotel in the 2300 block of Pruden Blvd. around 4:30 p.m.

By July 12, police had updated the case to a homicide.

Officials didn't say how they thought Golden had been killed. 

In a July 28 release, a spokesperson for the police department said officers had arrested Dominique Vontral Steward, 41, and charged him with First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm While Committing a Murder.

He's being held in the Chesapeake City Jail without an option for bond.

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