Hartford Park Death Investigated as Homicide

The body was found early Friday morning.

A man's body was found in Colt Park in Hartford on Friday morning, police said, and police are investigating it as a possible homicide.

A man who was walking through the park on his way to work found the body on the ground around 6 a.m. near Maseek Street and Hendricxsen Avenue. Emergency Medical Service personnel responded and pronounced the man dead at 6:22 a.m.

The victim had blood on the head, the mother-in-law of the man who found him victim said. There was a bottle nearby.  

Police are calling the death untimely. The man's name has not yet been released. 

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