BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston police are investigating a death at an apartment building in Roxbury, officials said.
Officers conducting a welfare check at 36 Maple St. around 12 p.m. Monday discovered a deceased individual, according to the Boston Police Department.
Residents who live in the building told 7NEWS that they could smell a worsening odor coming from an apartment in recent days.
The neighborhood was blocked off for several hours as police gathered evidence but it has since been reopened.
The state medical examiner was called in to remove the body.
No additional information was immediately available.
Scene of death investigation on Maple Street in Roxbury. #7News pic.twitter.com/jJv3kteWlR
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