By Associated Press - Sunday, January 8, 2017

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - A suspicious death in Nashua has been ruled a homicide.

Police responding to a requested welfare check at an apartment in the city on Friday night found the body of 45-year-old Javier Rivera Afanador.

Authorities say an autopsy has determined that Afanador died of blunt force trauma to the head.



No arrests have been made.

The investigation is ongoing, but authorities say there’s no indication that there’s any risk to the public.

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