HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts man charged with using a metal pipe to beat another man to death was ordered to undergo a mental competency evaluation at his arraignment Friday.
Diecryk Garcia, 35, faces a murder charge in the death of John Rosado, 34.
Rosado was found Thursday afternoon lying on the sidewalk outside a Haverhill apartment building and bleeding profusely from head wounds, authorities said. The victim was taken to a local hospital, then flown to a Boston hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Garcia lived in the building but Rosado did not. Prosecutors did not disclose a possible motive.
The judge entered a not guilty plea on Garcia’s behalf and he was held without bail.
His court-appointed attorney, Ron Ranta, asked for a delay of the arraignment
“I don’t believe he’s competent at this time to understand the proceedings,” Ranta said.
Assistant District Attorney Cal Skeirik said after finding the victim, police followed a trail of blood to the second floor of the building that led to Garcia’s apartment. Inside, police found a shiny metal pipe that appeared to have fresh blood on it, Skeirik said.
An attorney for the property manager of Garcia’s apartment building told The Eagle-Tribune that Garcia had recently been served an eviction notice.
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