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SCITUATE – A man is under arrest charged in connection with the murder of a man dropped off at South Shore Hospital last weekend, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz and Scituate Police Chief Mark Thompson have announced.
Christopher Caron, 42, turned himself in to the Scituate Police Department at approximately 12:45 p.m. today. Caron 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.
On Saturday, August 23rd at approximately 2:07 p.m., Weymouth Police were contacted by South Shore Hospital reporting a possibly deceased body that was located within the rear seat of a 2019 black Honda Civic with a Maine license plate. The motor vehicle was parked in front of the emergency room entrance. A hospital unit coordinator exited the hospital and walked to the Honda Civic where he located an unresponsive male wrapped in multiple blankets secured with duct tape. At approximately 2:15 p.m., the victim was pronounced deceased. He has been identified as Declan Perry, 27, of Portland, Maine.
Subsequent investigation revealed that a male party, later identified as Caron, drove the Honda Civic, which belonged to Perry, to the hospital and alerted medical staff of a body within the vehicle. Caron then fled the area in an unknown direction, before Weymouth Police could arrive.
Weymouth Police contacted Massachusetts State Police and a death investigation commenced. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner took jurisdiction of the case and will determine manner and cause of death.
Neighbors who live in the Driftway condo complex 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 Caron was staying at.
Investigators determined that the incident occurred at 40 Driftway, Unit 13. They secured a search warrant for the premises where several items of evidence were seized.
As a result of the around-the-clock investigation, Massachusetts State Police sought and obtained an arrest warrant for Caron, which was issued last evening.
This morning, members of the Scituate Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police Unit assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and the MSP Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section gathered to deploy and locate Caron, before Caron turned himself in.