… was found dead this morning, in his lab.
College of Engeering professor and Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chairman Francesco Cerrina was found dead in a laboratory on the fifth floor of the Photonics Center Monday morning, Boston University spokesman Colin Riley said.
… The Boston Police Department arrived at the scene, but after investigation have declined to take the case on themselves.
BPD Sergeant William Ridge said that BPD would only take on the case if there were a chance that it was homicide.
“They don’t think there is any foul play,” Ridge said, adding police were not sure about the cause of death.
“[This] leaves it up to accident or suicide,” Ridge said.
Or natural causes.
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