Authorities have identified the man found dead inside a Elm Street home Thursday evening as a 64-year-old Newark man.
NEWARK -- Authorities have identified the man found dead inside an Elm Street home Thursday as a 64-year-old Newark man.
Police discovered the body of Charles Jeffrey Thursday evening, after investigators were called a residence in the 300 block of Elm Street in the Ironbound district, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter. Jeffrey was pronounced dead at 7:46 pm, she added.
Department investigators could be seen late Thursday canvassing in the rain at the scene of the killing, a residential stretch of Elm Street lined by single-family homes.
The exact cause of Jeffrey's death is undetermined pending an autopsy, Carter said. But investigators at the scene reported that Jeffrey appeared to have suffered body trauma, she confirmed.
An investigation into Jeffrey's death by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing, Carter said. No arrests have been made, she added.
Additional details of the investigation were not immediately made available.
This marks the second homicide in as many days in the city. Wednesday, an East Orange man was found shot to death inside his car in the city's Central Ward.
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