BOSTON, April 7, 2015—State Police assigned to the Suffolk DA’s Office and Revere Police detectives are investigating the discovery of a body in the yard of an Endicott Avenue yesterday morning.

Revere Police Chief Joseph Cafarelli and District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said the body has been identified as that of a 40-year-old East Boston man. Though there were no immediate signs of violence, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will attempt to determine the cause, manner, and approximate time of his death. Because the preliminary investigation did not immediately suggest foul play, his identity is not being released at this time.

Revere Police were called to the rear of an Endicott Avenue residence at about 10:15 yesterday morning for a report of an unresponsive male who was soon found to be deceased. Though the man had no identification on his person, he was identified late last night through his fingerprints.

Although the yard in which the man was found had previously contained a large amount of snow from this year’s storms, the man’s remains were not covered in snow or found in a snowbank, authorities said.

Anyone with information on the man’s death is asked to call Revere Police detectives at 781-286-8340 or the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit at 617-727-8817.

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