EASTPOINTE — Authorities are investigating an alleged assault that resulted in the death of an Eastpointe resident.

The incident occurred at around 7:10 p.m. Nov. 17. Eastpointe police officers were dispatched to a home in the 21000 block of Tuscany Avenue — north of Eight Mile Road and west of Kelly Road — and discovered a 32-year-old man with stab wounds.

The man, identified by police as Christopher Purden, reportedly had been stabbed several times in the torso. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

A 57-year-old Eastpointe man, identified by police as Michael Hogoboom, was arrested as a suspect in the slaying. The investigation revealed that Purden and Hogoboom lived together at the house where the fatal stabbing occurred, according to

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