Amador County – The Sutter Creek Police Department has confirmed that there was a murder over the weekend at the Days Inn Hotel in Sutter Creek, and that the victim has been identified as a 62-year-old woman who was not a resident of Amador County.

Authorities are seeking to interview a “person of extreme interest” in the case, a male, who is also not a resident of Amador County. Sutter Creek Police Chief Brian Klier confirmed that there was a homicide in a room at the Days Inn Hotel over the weekend of March 12th and 13th, but he said he would not yet narrow down the date of the murder’s occurrence.

He said the victim has been positively identified as a 62-year-old white female Caucasian, but authorities are still trying to notify her next of kin, so he was not able to release her name this morning. He said he may be able to release more information this afternoon. Klier said “neither the victim nor the person of interest is an Amador County resident.”

Klier said Amador County District Attorney Todd Riebe’s office has been and continues to work on the case. He said an autopsy was done Wednesday in Sacramento, and determined that a homicide had occurred, but he was “not going to describe the method of how it was done yet.” He said he would give a rough guess that there will be some sort of press conference by Monday.

He said the male person of interest is not a suspect, but is being sought for questioning. Klier said anyone who may have seen any suspicious activities around Days Inn over the weekend is being asked to notify police.

He said the victim was found by a staff member of the Days Inn Hotel, who immediately contacted the Sutter Creek Police Department. The woman’s body was found in a room at approximately noon on Monday.

Klier said besides vehicular homicides, this may be the first murder case in Amador County in as many as 30 years.

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