Police investigating after body found near home owned by Pressley’s husband

Boston police are investigating after a body was found Saturday near the Mattapan home owned by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley’s husband.

Officers responded to 25 Malta Street just before 2 p.m. to a “person investigating” call and found an unresponsive body near the home, according to Boston Globe. Presley’s husband, Conan Harris, owns the seven-bedroom home, city records show.

Presley and her husband live in Hyde Park. The Mattapan House, built in 1910 and valued at more than $919,000, is a rental property, a Mattapan spokesman said. globe.

“The Congresswoman extends her deepest condolences to the affected family,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

Officers at the scene declined to comment on whether anyone lived in the house, but Shantae Turner, the real estate broker selling the property, told police: globe It has been on the market for about a month. She said she knew nothing about what happened on Saturday.

Neighbors said they didn’t hear anything either, but someone told them globe She remembered the house that was raided two months ago. At the time, there were tenants living on every floor, including high school-aged teenagers.