GARY, Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 70-year-old man was found beaten to death Thursday at his home.
Authorities were called at about 11:35 a.m. to the 2500 block of West 13th Avenue in Gary, according to a coroner's report.
Ray Perry, of Gary, was later pronounced dead. An autopsy found he died from blunt force trauma, and his death was ruled a homicide, the coroner's office said.
Perry's body was found by a relative, the Northwest Indiana Times reported. Gary police, Gary firefighters and the Lake County Crime Lab responded to the scene.
No other information has been released at this time.
Anyone with information on the homicide is asked to call the Gary Metro-Homicide Unit at 219-755-3855 or the Gary Police Department Crime Tip Line at 866-CRIME-GP.
