An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a Maine man whose body was found wrapped in duct-taped blankets in a car outside a Massachusetts hospital last weekend, authorities announced Saturday.
Christopher Caron, 42, turned himself in to Scituate police around 12:45 p.m., the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office said. He was booked and transported to the Plymouth House of Correction. He is scheduled to be arraigned on a murder charge in Hingham District Court on Tuesday.
The arrest stems from an incident on the afternoon of Aug. 23, when Weymouth police were contacted by South Shore Hospital about a dead body that had been found in the rear seat of a Honda Civic with a Maine license plate that was parked in front of the emergency room entrance.
A hospital coordinator exited the hospital and walked to the car, where he found an unresponsive male wrapped in multiple blankets secured with duct tape. The victim was pronounced dead a short time later.
The victim was identified as 27-year-old Declan Perry, of Portland, Maine.
The district attorney’s office said subsequent investigation revealed that a man, later identified as Caron, drove the Honda Civic, which belonged to Perry, to the hospital and alerted medical staff that there was a body inside the car.
Caron fled the area in an unknown direction before police arrived.
Neighbors who live in the Driftway condominium complex in Scituate saw news coverage of the incident at South Shore Hospital and contacted Scituate police to report that they had assisted a man loading a large, heavy blanket into the black Honda Civic outside a residence where Caron was staying.
Investigators determined that the incident occurred at 40 Driftway, unit 13. They secured a search warrant for the premises and recovered several pieces of evidence.
As a result of their investigation, Massachusetts State Police obtained a warrant for Caron’s arrest, which was issued on Friday night. On Saturday morning, Scituate and state police gathered to locate Caron, but he ultimately turned himself in.
The manner and cause of Perry’s death remain under investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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