Prosecutors: Scituate man accused of murder told friends victim had ODed, autopsy shows blunt force trauma, strangulation

A Scituate man was arraigned in Hingham District Court Tuesday accused of murdering a man in that town two weeks ago Investigators stated neighbors at an apartment complex in the town helped -year-old Christopher Caron load a heavy blanket into a car that was then left outside South Shore Hospital in Weymouth According to police that blanket contained the body of -year-old Declan Perry of Maine In court Tuesday prosecutors explained Caron texted Perry earlier in August about hanging out and about the sale of cocaine and fentanyl which Caron warned him would be strong The two then met at Caron s Scituate home on August leaders explained and just before midnight on that day Caron searched Google about naloxone a nasal spray used to reverse overdoses which a female friend then brought over Prosecutors stated the female friend noted she administered three doses to Perry but the next morning he was dead She reportedly informed Caron to call which he did not do for fear of being kicked out of the home by his mother and grandmother in whose basement he lives After trying to use a detached door as a stretcher which proved too heavy prosecutors disclosed Perry was wrapped in blankets and placed in a storage container and pushed up the basement stairs With the body up the stairs Caron reportedly again went to Google this time to search how long it takes to urinate or defecate yourself after death Prosecutors disclosed then with the help of neighbors who Caron stated the body was a hockey mannequin the body was further wrapped up in blankets and duct tape and put in the car with the feet sticking out the window One of the neighbors reportedly recognized Perry s forearm as that of a human not a mannequin and took a picture of the car Prosecutors declared Caron then drove the body to South Shore Hospital where he recounted workers there that someone was in need of therapeutic attention before departing on foot for a nearby convenience store where he waited for an Uber ride Hospital workers ascertained Perry in the backseat of the car deceased Personnel stated upon searching Caron s Scituate home they ascertained red stains on a couch a carpet and a detached door Despite Caron s account of an overdose prosecutors announced an autopsy performed by the diagnostic examiner indicated that Perry had suffered blunt force trauma and strangulation prior to death none of which could have been self-inflicted Caron will next appear in court on September for a bail hearing