A Rochester man found dead on the side porch of a Lyell Avenue house Thursday morning was identified by police, who deemed his death a homicide.
Body discovered on side porch
Officers found the body of a 40-year-old man on the side porch multi-unit house at 476 Lyell Ave., several blocks west of Broad Street, around 7:30 a.m. on March 26, according to Capt. Greg Bello of the Rochester Police Department.
Case now identified now a homicide
Curtis Wilson, 40, of Rochester, was identified as the man found dead on the side porch at 476 Lyell and his death was determined to be a homicide by the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office, said Capt. Frank Umbrino of the Rochester Police Department.
Altercation led to homicide
Umbrino said that Wilson was involved in an altercation at or near the home which, in turn, led to his death. Police did not disclose Wilson’s cause of death.
Umbrino did state that the porch were Wilson’s body was attacked to one of several vacant apartments at the Lyell Avenue house. “The location, as well as the vacant fields behind the residence, are often used by drug users and homeless individuals,” he said.
Call for information
Anyone with information or video linked to the homicide is asked to call 911, RPD’s Major Crimes Unit at (585) 428-7157, CrimeStoppers at (585) 423-9300, or email MajorCrimes@cityofrochester.gov.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Rochester man found dead on porch identified
Reporting by Victoria E. Freile, New York Connect Team / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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