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November 29, 2005

Police: Blood found in N. Providence home not suspicious

NORTH PROVIDENCE - A large amount of blood found in a vacant Woodward Road home yesterday is not suspicious, North Providence police said this morning.

Investigators confirmed this morning that a man had injured himself in an apartment in the area of 428 Woodward Road, according to Detective Maj. Paul Marino. The injury, which was not life-threatening, occurred at least 24 hours before someone found blood in the home yesterday, he said.

Detectives learned late last night that an injury sustained by a man who had been living in the apartment might explain the blood.

Investigators did not confirm that account until after they located the man and met with him this morning at police headquarters, Marino added. He declined to identify the man.

He said the man had cut himself, but he was unable to describe injury in detail. Police referred the man to a local hospital for treatment, Marino said.

- Journal staff writer Mark Reynolds

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