Man found dead in Milford after reported argument

MILFORD - A man was found dead in an apartment on North Bow Street early Sunday morning after what neighbors said was a heated argument.

The man was found dead in a multifamily house at 42 North Bow St. between 3 and 4 a.m., police said. 

As of Sunday afternoon, nobody was in custody, police said. 

Police closed most of North Bow Street on Sunday as investigators wearing gloves and other protective gear worked. 

Authorities released little information about the death, but according to scanner reports, the landlord made a call just before 4 a.m. saying he had received a call from a man saying there was a body in Apartment 1.

Police officers found a body in the first-floor apartment covered in blood. After initially entering the house, police had to wait to obtain a search warrant before investigators could re-enter the apartment, Milford Police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin said.

The property is owned by Antonio Cristino, according to Milford assessor records. The house has surveillance cameras on the outside walls. A call seeking comment from Cristino was not immediately returned.

In radio transmissions, police discussed a possible suspect and the suspect’s vehicle, but authorities would not confirm the information. 

Later in the day, a spokesperson for the Worcester district attorney’s office said authorities were investigating an “unattended death.” 

Neighbors reported hearing a loud argument among several people throughout the night before police officers arrived. 

Rodrigo Zandim, who lives across the street, said he believed both the victim and suspect to be in their 40s. 

Another neighbor, who gave her name only as Susan, said she’s lived on North Bow Street for 17 years and it’s typically a quiet neighborhood. She said she heard yelling between a man and a woman. "It woke me up," she said.

The street of primarily multifamily homes is usually quiet, though there have been some noise complaints and landlord-tenant disputes, according to police logs.

The incident stretched the Police Department on Sunday, as about a dozen officers worked details at the annual Portuguese Picnic, a two-day festival that draws about 10,000 people annually. The festival's parade kicked off just a short distance from the crime scene around 1 p.m. Sunday.s office. 

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