Vincent Lalli rented an apartment in this Sycamore Street home. –Photo by David R. Smith.

By David R. Smith

Police identified the body discovered behind a Norwood school last week as that of a 66-year-old Somerville resident.

Vincnet Lalli was identified using fingerprint analysis. His identity was confirmed last Thursday, a day after a woman walking her dog in the woods behind the Coakley Middle School discovered his body, which Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said had “suffered massive trauma.”

Lalli was reported missing to the Somerville Police Department early last week, and he had not been seen since the week before that.

In a press conference last Wednesday, before Lalli had been identified, Morrissey said it was unlikely that whatever happened to the body had happened where it was discovered. He said there is most likely another crime scene and that the woods where the body was found was just used as a dumping ground.

The first-floor apartment Lalli rented in a home on Sycamore Street was searched by police Thursday night after his remains were identified. He lived in the apartment with at least one other man, and that man is listed online as a Level 3 sex offender. As of this past Monday, Lalli’s name remained on the mailbox.

A call to the homeowner, Maria Veliz, was not returned by press time.

“It’s going to be a very difficult case,” Morrissey said during the press conference last week.

Anyone with any information relative to Lalli’s recent activities or other information on the case is urged to contact the Massachusetts State Police at 508-820-2121.