Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man Googled “When you die, how long before you poop and pee yourself?” the day after he allegedly obtained fentanyl and cocaine after which proceeded to beat and strangle his good friend.
Christopher Caron, 42, of Scituate, pleaded not responsible to fees that he tried to stage his good friend’s demise as an overdose and is being held with out bail after his arraignment on Tuesday.
Caron turned himself in to the Scituate Police Division on Saturday, every week after authorities found the physique of Maine man Declan Perry wrapped in a number of blankets and duct tape within the again seat of a automotive parked at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.
After allegedly making the grotesque Google search the morning of Aug. 23, prosecutors argued that Caron created a makeshift stretcher with a indifferent door to take Perry’s physique out of his Scituate residence.
Caron then allegedly wrapped Perry within the blankets and duct tape exterior of the house earlier than driving to the hospital, in response to prosecutors.
This got here after, prosecutors stated, Caron and Perry secured fentanyl and cocaine the day earlier than, on Aug. 22. The Scituate man is then stated to have overwhelmed and strangled his good friend in his basement.
As of Tuesday morning, the Plymouth District Lawyer’s Workplace was ready for “further information regarding toxicology and other further examinations that need to be done.”
“But at the end of the day,” DA Tim Cruz instructed reporters, “we had sufficient probable cause to charge this individual with arrest for homicide. The unlawful killing of another human being with malice.”
Prosecutors additionally accuse Caron of trying to find “7-Eleven and Narcan” at 11:49 the night time of Aug. 22 after which contacting a feminine good friend for help over an hour later. The good friend arrived at 2:45 a.m.
Roughly quarter-hour later, Caron and the feminine good friend allegedly administered three doses of Narcan to an unconscious Perry. After falling asleep after which waking up at 7 a.m., the good friend discovered Perry useless, in response to investigators.
Caron allegedly ignored his feminine good friend’s requests to name for an ambulance to take Perry to the hospital as a result of he didn’t need to get in bother along with his mom and grandmother, who he thought would kick him out of the house, in response to prosecutors.
Neighbors allegedly noticed Caron and the feminine struggling to maneuver Perry’s physique on the picket door makeshift stretcher earlier than they assisted them in getting it into Perry’s Honda Civic.
At about 2:07 p.m. Saturday, South Shore Hospital workers known as Weymouth Police with reviews of a “possibly deceased body” within the rear seat of a automotive parked in entrance of the emergency room entrance, in response to the DA’s workplace.
The hospital coordinator approached the car, recognized as a 2019 black Honda Civic with a Maine license plate, the DA stated. Within the again seat, he discovered “an unresponsive male wrapped in multiple blankets secured with duct tape.”
At about 2:15 p.m., the person within the automotive, later recognized as Perry, was pronounced useless, authorities reported.
Investigators discovered that Caron allegedly drove Perry’s automotive to the hospital and alerted medical workers to the physique earlier than he fled the realm. In addition they found purple and brown stains in Caron’s condominium unit and a door with reddish-brown stains.
Preliminary findings reveal that Perry suffered deep hemorrhaging accidents to his chest, eyes, nostril, mouth and a number of accidents to his neck that the state Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner stated are according to strangulation.
Caron’s legal professional G. Makis Antzoulatos responded to DA Cruz’s declare of possible trigger, saying: “We are confident that as the facts unfold in this case, this will be an example of the Massachusetts State Police jumping to conclusions and charging someone with murder when the evidence makes clear that what took place, while a tragedy, was not a crime.”
