A teenager’s body was found wrapped in a comforter and dumped along a Connecticut highway – and now two of his cousins have been charged in connection to his murder. Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez, 18, was found dead at the side of 80 Pope Park Highway in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday morning, Hartford Police Department said.

An 18-year-old Connecticut man was found dead, his body wrapped in a comforter, according to authorities. Now, at least two of his relatives were arrested and charged in connection to his death. Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez's body was discovered Saturday shortly after 7 a.

The cousins of a Connecticut teenager have been arrested after his dead body was found wrapped in a comforter near Pope Park Highway

The two people charged in the murder of an 18-year-old in Hartford last week are the victim’s cousins, the family tells NBC Connecticut. Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez was just days away from his 19th birthday when his body was found wrapped in a comforter on Pope Park Highway in Hartford.

Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez was murdered and dumped on the side of Pope Park Highway in Hartford wrapped in a blanket.