Deputies found Marcos Dominguez Velazques, 43, dead of blunt force trauma when they responded to Albermarle Street in Windfall. A 3-foot-long fence pipe was also collected from the scene as a weapon.
WINFALL — The Perquimans Sheriff s Office is investigating a man s death over the weekend as a homicide, a press release from Perquimans Emergency Services states.
No injuries were reported in the blaze.
At around 6:03 p.m. Sunday, the countyâs 911 communications center received several calls about a detached garage on fire at a residence off Sunset Circle, according to a county news release.
Firefighters from the Bethel and Hertford volunteer fire departments were dispatched and on arrival they discovered the garage fully involved in flames, the release said.
Crews were able to extinguish the fire and protect surrounding homes but they were unable to save the garage.
Assisting the fire departments were the Perquimans Sheriffâs Office and the county emergency medical services agency and Albemarle Electric Membership Corp. A crew from Winfall Fire Department also was dispatched but was called off while on its way to the scene, the release said.