LOWELL — The physique of a 37-year-old Lowell man was discovered inside a Coburn Street house within the metropolis’s Centralville neighborhood on Friday, based on authorities.
Michael Burke and Samantha Perry, each 38, who reside on the Coburn Street house, have been charged with kidnapping the 37-year-old, based on a press launch issued Saturday evening by Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Acting Police Superintendent Barry Golner.
Authorities allege Burke and Perry restrained the person and held him in opposition to his will contained in the residence.
The reason behind the person’s dying stays beneath investigation.
Police went to the Coburn Street house on Friday to comply with up on a well-being verify they obtained. A search warrant was subsequently executed on the location, at which level the physique of the 37-year-old man was situated inside the house. Authorities stated proof within the house “suggested the man had been restrained at some point.”
The case has been referred to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office to find out the trigger and method of the person’s dying and to make a optimistic identification of the alleged sufferer.
Based on the situation and situation of the physique, authorities stated the incident is being investigated as a suspicious dying. A preliminary investigation suggests it’s an remoted incident.
Police tape surrounded the house at 190 Coburn St. on Friday afternoon. Police officers sat in cruisers that have been parked exterior the residence. Neighbors informed The Sun that police had been there since early Friday morning.
Burke and Perry are scheduled to be arraigned in Lowell District Court on Monday.
The investigation is ongoing and is being performed by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Lowell Police Department and State Police detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office.
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