Crime & Safety
Framingham Hot Table Employee Found Dead Behind Business ID'd
The 30-year-old man was an employee of the business who had worked the night his remains were discovered. An investigation remains ongoing.
![Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Chief of Police Lester Baker have confirmed that the victim of the homicide that occurred over the weekend in Framingham was Anthony Junior Lopez.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/24142232/20240424/102553/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-1063856306___24102518302.jpg)
FRAMINGHAM, MA — A Framingham man found dead behind the business where he worked over the weekend was identified.
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Chief of Police Lester Baker have confirmed that the victim of the homicide that occurred over the weekend in Framingham was Anthony Junior Lopez.
On April 20, Lopez was located behind Hot Table, the business where he worked.
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The case has been referred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and a ruling on the cause of death is pending but, as noted above, officials are referring to the death as a homicide.
This investigation is being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office and Framingham Police.
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