Right out under my nose.

This is the house right behind mine..Saw him Saturday night.

Officers investigate suspicious death
By Kurt Allemeier | Wednesday, July 11, 2007


Davenport police are treating the death of a 40-year-old man in his apartment as suspicious after a family member said the man was injured in an altercation a few weeks ago.

The investigation is a precaution, Capt. David Struckman said Tuesday outside the man’s residence at 1513 Iowa Ave. The victim was identified as Christopher Craig McVay Sr. An autopsy will be scheduled.

“You investigate for the worst and hope for the best, though there is no best in death,” Struckman said.

Police are considering the death suspicious because of the fight that occurred two or three weeks ago, though he had pre-existing medical conditions, according to police.

A family member hadn’t seen or heard from McVay since Thursday and went to his apartment, according to police. The landlord opened the apartment for the family member, and McVay’s body was found near the door.

The apartment door was locked, the windows were closed, no drugs were found, and the body showed no signs of trauma, police said. He likely died Thursday or Friday.

A Davenport crime scene technician, wearing a respirator and hazmat suit, entered the apartment before the medical examiner arrived. The first was to open a window to the apartment, and the second was to photograph the scene.