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Detectives this morning released a Salt Lake man who had been arrested in connection with the death of an Army sergeant following a fight early Sunday morning.
Police arrested Aysa K. Delos Santos, 23, yesterday in connection with the death of Christopher Myers, who was found dead at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday with suspicious injuries near Club Saigon Passion III strip club on Kapiolani Blvd.
Police said that a fight broke out early Sunday in front of the bar.
Myers, 35, was a noncommissioned officer in the psychology department at Tripler Army Medical Center.
He arrived at Tripler in April 2009 and leaves a wife and three children, a Tripler spokeswoman said.
"He was a good soldier who served in Kosovo in 1999 and a 15-month tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2007-2008," Tripler spokeswoman Jan Clark wrote in an e-mail. "The Tripler staff is truly saddened by the loss of one of their own. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and children."
The Medical Examiner’s Office said they are awaiting test results that may take six to eight weeks before they can determine a cause of death.
A police source said it did not appear a weapon was involved in the death.
Police initially classified the case as an unattended death, then re-classified it as second-degree murder.
They are still seeking witnesses to the fight.
