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Missing student found dead in car trunk

FREETOWN, Mass., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A missing 25-year-old college student was found dead in the trunk of his rental car, police in Freetown, Mass., said.

Andrew Taylor's body was discovered Friday after his abandoned rental car was towed to Big Wheels Towing in Freetown, The Boston Herald reported Sunday.

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"When we opened up the trunk, there he was," Big Wheels owner Robert Fouquette said. "The

car was all locked up, and he looked like he had been beaten up."

Taylor, who attended Bristol Community College, had rented the car after being involved in a traffic accident, said police, who were investigating the death as a homicide.

Taylor's body was taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy and toxicology tests, the Bristol District Attorney's Office said in a statement Saturday.

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