LYNN, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say a 29-year-old man was the person whose burned dead body was found near a playground in Massachusetts.
The Essex district attorney’s office on Saturday identified the man as Tito Lopez-Ebanks, of Lynn. A person walking a dog discovered the body Thursday afternoon at Frey Park in Lynn.
The district attorney’s office says the death is considered suspicious and state police are assisting in the investigation.
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The body was found about four months after a teenager’s body was discovered in a different park in Lynn. Seventeen-year-old Herson Rivas’ body was found Aug. 2 near the Henry Avenue Playground. Six members of the street gang MS-13 were recently charged in Rivas’ killing.
It’s not clear whether the two deaths are related.
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The version corrects that Lopez-Ebanks was 29, not 19.
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