Mutilated body found in Milton

Mutilated body found in Milton
By Joe Dwinell and Laura Crimaldi | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage

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The state medical examiner is now trying to determine the identity of a young man found hacked up and dumped on a sleepy Milton street last night near the Blue Hills reservation.

"The identity of the young man, who was the victim of obvious trauma, has not been established," said David Traub, spokesman for the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office.

Traub reports Milton cops and state police spent the night on Brierbrook Street hunting for clues in the hacking homicide. Traub said the man’s remains were scheduled to be transported to the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Boston at 4:30 a.m. for an autopsy.

Police report a passerby stumbled upon the horrific scene last night around 9:30. The neighborhood is close to the Blue Hills State Park south of Boston off Route 28.

Milton Police Chief Richard Wells told the Associated Press officers arriving at the scene "encountered a very gruesome situation." Investigators do not believe the victim lived in the upscale neighborhood and Wells says the killing does not appear to be connected to any criminal activity in the area.

According to published reports, police are looking for two cars seen in the vicinity of the murder scene. Other reports state the victim was found wearing only pants and is a light-skinned young man.

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