A 35-year-old chef bludgeoned to death by his roommate inside their Bronx NYCHA apartment had been complaining to friends in recent weeks about his uncomfortable living situation, the Daily News has learned

Miguel Batiz was bashed in the head with some sort of object inside his home in NYCHA’s Edenwald Houses about 4:00 a.m. Oct. 23, authorities say. A squabble with his 67-year-old roommate culminated in the slaying inside their building on E. 229th St. near Laconia Ave., according to cops.

“He always had trouble with his roommate situation,” the victim’s high school friend Eric Burgos said. “He was always posting on his [Facebook] story asking if anyone knew someone looking for a roommate and saying how he wanted to get out of his situation. That was over the past six months or so.”

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