Homicide investigation underway after body found in creek: NHPD

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — A homicide investigation is underway in New Haven after a body was found in a creek Friday, city police said Tuesday.

Officers responded to the area of ​​Hemingway Street at Eastern Street at 7:10 a.m. Friday after receiving a report of a man lying face down in a creek, police said.

The man, later identified as Miguel Rivera, 62, of New Haven, was pronounced dead at the scene by firefighters, according to police. A preliminary examination of Rivera at the scene by the chief medical examiner’s office found no signs of trauma.

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In a press release Tuesday, police said the OCME performed an autopsy and determined Rivera’s cause of death to be homicide by strangulation.

Police ask that anyone with witnesses or information about the incident call Criminal Investigation at 203-946-6304 or the anonymous tip line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).

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