LAWRENCE, Mass. — A tenant of a YMCA rooming house in Massachusetts has been charged with murder in the death of a fellow resident, who apparently was bludgeoned with an aluminum baseball bat.
Sixty-one-year-old Martin Rodriguez was arraigned Wednesday in the death of 53-year-old Jose Burgos. The prosecution and the defense agreed Rodriguez would be held without bail.
Police say Burgos' body was found Tuesday in his room at a YMCA-run rooming house in Lawrence. Burgos had suffered a massive head wound.
Police say Rodriguez's hands tested positive for blood.
The Eagle-Tribune reports a baseball bat with apparent blood stains was found near Burgos' body.
Investigators say surveillance video shows Rodriguez and another man leaving Burgos' room after apparently drinking wine together.
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