Portland Police Investigating Man's Death as Homicide

Maine Public | By Ed Morin

Published February 28, 2017 at 5:55 AM EST

PORTLAND, Maine - Portland police are investigating the apparent homicide of a 35-year-old man who was found dead in a car in the city's West End Monday afternoon.

Assistant Portland Police Chief Vern Malloch says officers responded to a 9-1-1 call. He says the victim's identity is not being released pending notification of next of kin.

"We are working with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Maine Attorney General's Office in that investigation," Malloch says.

Malloch says no arrests have been made and no one else was injured. He says authorities are asking anyone who might have been in the area at around 2 p.m. Monday, or who might have information about this situation, to call Portland police.

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Ed Morin

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.

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