PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Homicide detectives in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected murder of a Colorado man after he reportedly went out to try to purchase marijuana.

The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Christopher Brown, a builder from Silverthorne, according to a local police report.

Police were told that Brown had dinner and drinks with friends on Wednesday night in Castara, a small fishing village on the island of Tobago. He then left his friends, telling them he was going to buy marijuana, the police report said.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. local time, officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service responded to a report that Brown was found unresponsive in the area, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators believe he was stabbed

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