LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - A 24-year-old man was ordered held without bail on a murder charge Thursday in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in the Spicket River in Lawrence, officials said.
Giovanni Lebron, of Lawrence, was arraigned on a murder charge from his hospital bed at Lawrence General in connection with the death of 24-year-old Nicole Connor, a homeless woman whose body was pulled from the river near Manchester Street Park on Tuesday, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors say Connor was beaten to death before her body was tossed into the river.
Lebron’s father says he knows very little about the alarming allegations lodged against his son.
Prosecutors remain tight-lipped concerning several details surrounding the case, they do confirm that they are looking into other suspects in connection with the homicide.
On Wednesday, investigators were on the scene pulling possible evidence out of the water via crane.
It is unclear why Lebron was hospitalized.
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