GARDNER, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities say they are now investigating a Gardner man’s death as a homicide.

Randy Vaillancourt, 56, was found dead in his apartment at 50 Nichols Street on Saturday.

Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early said Vaillancourt’s death was ruled a homicide following an autopsy.

The medical examiner determined Vaillancourt’s cause of death to be blunt-force trauma, according to Early’s office.

Gardner police and state police are assisting with the investigation.

No arrests have been made.

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