Pound Of Cyanide Found In Denver Hotel

Police confirmed Wednesday that they found about a pound of sodium cyanide in a Denver hotel room where the body of a Canadian man was discovered earlier this week.

The hotel is the upscale Burnsley Hotel, located in the downtown Denver area.

The dead man was identified as 29-year-old Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, of Ottawa, Canada.

The Democratic National Convention will be held in downtown Denver from Aug. 25-Aug. 27.