A chef from Maine who was found dead, wrapped up in a car outside a Massachusetts hospital last month had been strangled, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Christopher Caron, 42, of Scituate, pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of 27-year-old Declan Perry of Portland, Maine at his arraignment in Hingham District Court. Caron was ordered held without bail.

Perry's body was found Saturday afternoon, August 23, in the back seat of a Honda Civic that was parked outside South Shore Hospital's emergency room in Weymouth. According to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, the body was "wrapped in multiple blankets secured with duct tape." It was later identified as Perry.

Declan Perry Perry family

In court Tuesday, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said Perry came to Caron's con

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