A dead body was found at a Boston house owned by Massachusetts US House Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris. Boston Police said that the body was found around 1:52pm EDT on Saturday on the grounds of the house, and they have opened a probe, Boston Daily Globe first reported.
Mass Daily News reported that the house is a heritage property from 1910 in Boston’s Mattapan. It is valued at around $919,000, according to the latest city records. The Boston Herald confirmed the probe adding that the house is an eight-bedroom, four-bath, 2,713 square-foot property that can accommodate multiple families.
The report also cited Boston police official John Boyle, who said it is being treated as a “death investigation.” However, no details regarding the dead body’s identity, such as gender, name, cause of death, have not yet been released by Boston Police Department.
As of now, Boston PD has not directly linked Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat, or her husband, Conan Harris, to the death probe. So far, neither Pressley nor Harris has issued a statement on the probe.
Who is Conan Harris?
Conan Harris has been a prominent public face of Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s work in Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional district, a seat she has been representing since 2019. Harris is a Boston-based community leader, according to multiple biographies linked to Rep. Pressley and his own records.
In his early childhood, owing to his family problems, he became involved in drug trafficking and was convicted, serving 10 years in prison. But since his release, he has remained a lifelong advocate of reforms in the criminal justice system. Conan Harris and Ayanna Pressley got married in 2014. Records indicate that Harris has a daughter from a previous relationship.
Among the notable work he has been associated with are managing StreetSafe Boston and serving as the deputy director of Public Safety Initiatives in the administration of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. In 2020, Harris testified before a US House subcommittee about the challenges faced by people returning from prison, records show.
This is a developing story.
