WELLS (AP) – Homicide detectives were investigating the death of a young man whose body was found Tuesday outside a boarding house that caters to guest workers from outside the United States.

Residents of the home along U.S. 1 found the body at about 8 a.m. near a spot at the rear of the property where bicycles are stored, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety.

The dead man was believed to be 20 years old and from Eastern Europe.

An autopsy was planned for today by the state medical examiner’s office.

The death was under investigation by Maine State Police and Wells police.