Man found deceased under suspicious circumstances in multi-county Massachusetts investigation remembered for sense of humor

BROCKTON – Massachusetts State Police and Scituate Police have identified the male victim who was pronounced dead after being dropped off in a car at South Shore Hospital over the weekend, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced.

On Saturday 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.

Neighbors who live in a condominium complex along the Driftway in Scituate saw news coverage of the incident and contacted Scituate Police to report that they had seen a man loading a large, heavy blanket into the black Honda Civic at their neighbor’s residence earlier Saturday.

As a result of the active and ongoing investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and Scituate Police, investigators sought and obtained a search warrant for the residence, and seized several items of evidence.

The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine manner and cause of death.

Those who knew Perry, who also previously lived in New Hampshire, described him as a good guy and one of the funniest people you could meet.

The investigation is active and ongoing. The victim and the identified person of interest who has not yet been named were known to one another.