Man found dead outside home near Salisbury; suspect arrested on murder charges

A Salisbury man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 57-year-old man found dead by police outside a home Saturday, Maryland State Police say.

Police said Carl Lee “Moose” Fuller, 32, of Salisbury was arrested in Delmar, Delaware, on Sunday by Delaware State Police.

The victim, identified as David W. Pfeffer, 57, was found lying unresponsive Saturday, Oct. 22, outside his home in the 1600 block of St. Lukes Road near Salisbury by Worcester County Sheriff's deputies who responded to a 911 call from a neighbor reporting a cardiac arrest, police said.

Police said Pfeffer, who was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel, was suffering from obvious signs of trauma, and autopsy results later ruled his death as a homicide from blunt force trauma.

The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was requested to assume the investigation with the assistance of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.

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On Sunday, Homicide Unit investigators located Pfeffer's white Dodge truck at a residence in Delmar. The truck was reported missing from his home. In coordination with the Delaware State Police, a search warrant was executed on the Delmar residence where Fuller was subsequently located, police said.

Police located evidence linking Fuller to the homicide investigation, the release states. He was later interviewed by detectives from the Maryland State Police.

Fuller is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, along with other criminal charges. He was being held in Delaware. Extradition proceedings were being initiated to return him to Maryland.

This article originally appeared on Salisbury Daily Times: Man found dead outside home in Worcester; suspect arrested in murder