Crime & Safety

Police Investigating Untimely Death In Redding: Report

Police said they are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside his Redding home.

Police said they are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside his Redding home.
Police said they are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside his Redding home. (Photo credit: Patch graphic)

REDDING, CT — Police said they are investigating a 71-year-old Redding man's death after his body was found in his home Friday afternoon, the News-Times is reporting. Police said there did not appear to be anything suspicious at the scene.

According to the News-Times, police said officers responded to the man's Great Meadow Road home for a welfare check after his cousin reported she had not heard from him in over a month. An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death, police said.

Read the full News-Times story here.

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