The man who allegedly tried jumping out of a 12th-story apartment where a dead body was found in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood Sunday will face a judge on Wednesday for murder.
Michael Perry, 37, has been held without bail since December 2022. He is accused of stabbing 43-year-old Jose Aponte to death in Aponte's Roxbury apartment.
Officers discovered Aponte's body on December 11 after arriving at the apartment for a well-being check because Aponte's family hadn't heard from him in days, officials said.
According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Perry tried to jump out of the high-rise apartment building to evade police but caught his clothing on a window handle. He was rescued by emergency responders.
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Someone had texted Aponte's boss saying he was sick, but the writing didn't sound like Aponte's usual style, the family had said. Officers who went to the apartment knocked but didn't get a response, prosecutors said.
Getting building maintenance to open the door, the officers found Aponte's body; later, a SWAT team went inside, which is when Perry tried to jump out of the window and had to be rescued, according to prosecutors. They've previously said the SWAT team was called in to try and de-escalate the situation, and that Perry was left dangling after getting caught on something outside the building.
Officers were able to be pull him back in from the floor below, and he was taken to the hospital, police have said.
After being hospitalized, Perry was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly attacking a police officer.
That day, a prosecutor confirmed to NBC10 Boston that Perry is the same man who was seen on video in 2017 jumping out of a South Boston hotel window and onto an awning before being arrested by a SWAT team.
