NEW HAVEN -- Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at her apartment Saturday morning.
Police said that at around 7:45 a.m., they were called to 285 Quinnipiac Avenue. EMS crews had first responded, due to a call of an unresponsive person.
Detectives identified her as Ines Carmen Perez, 48, of New Haven. Police said there were evident signs of trauma to Perez.
“My son went to bring the garbage out and he said ‘mom the police are outside.’ Now, he’s a joker. So, I thought he was joking around. He says ‘no mom I’m telling you the truth,’” said LeeAnn Ziebell, Who lives directly across the courtyard from Perez.
While police are not saying much, some residents said the body of Perez was laying in front of a car next to the concrete wall, in the parking lot of the apartment complex.
“It was so shocking,” said complex resident Tyrone Grant. “We didn’t hear anything.”
Nearly every resident willing to speak about this untimely death said Perez had a volatile relationship with her boyfriend.
“They were constantly getting into fights,” said Ziebell.
She said many residents would avoid Perez “because she would come walking out of the house and would be screaming and yelling at the boyfriend.”
Police are asking anyone with information to call them at 203-946-6304 or through the anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS or 203-946-6296.