A body was discovered Saturday at a Boston property owned by Conan Harris, the husband of U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
Boston police said officers responded Saturday afternoon to a call to “investigate a person” at a two-story, seven-bedroom home in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood. Upon arrival, officers found a body inside the residence.
The death is being investigated by Boston Police homicide detectives, and officials have not released the identity of the dead person or disclosed a possible cause of death.
No arrests have been announced, and investigators have not said whether foul play is suspected. Authorities have also not indicated that Harris or Pressley is connected to the circumstances surrounding the death.
In a statement to People, a spokesperson for Pressley said the congresswoman “extends her deepest condolences to the impacted family” and clarified that the property is a rental home and that Pressley is not its landlord.
Harris addressed the death in a Facebook post Saturday, thanking people for their “care and concern” and writing that “our family is safe.” He added: “My heart goes out to the family that lost a loved one today in Mattapan.”
Property records show the home is owned by Harris, who purchased the property in 2021. Neither Harris nor Pressley lives at the address, and the residence is currently listed for sale at $1.15 million.
A realtor handling the property’s sale told Newsweek that the house has been on the market for about a month and that the current tenants have lived there for “a while.”
Pressley, who was elected to Congress in 2018, represents Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District and is a founding member of the progressive House group commonly known as “The Squad,” alongside Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib.
Harris, a former senior public safety adviser at Boston City Hall, founded his own consulting firm in 2019. Records indicate that the property where the body was found has previously been listed as the company’s address, according to Newsweek.
The couple married in 2014, and Pressley is the stepmother of Harris’ daughter.
As investigators worked at the scene Saturday night, the property remained cordoned off with crime-scene tape, and police vehicles were stationed outside the residence.
The Daily Beast has reached out to Pressley and the Boston Police Department for further comment.
