A slain Connecticut teen whose body was found wrapped up in his bed comforter earlier this month was murdered by his cousins, family members said.

A teenager’s body was found wrapped in a comforter and dumped along a Connecticut highway – and now two of his cousins have been charged in connection to his murder. Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez, 18, was found dead at the side of 80 Pope Park Highway in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday morning, Hartford Police Department said.

The cousins of a Connecticut teenager have been arrested after his dead body was found wrapped in a comforter near Pope Park Highway

The family of a teen whose body was found wrapped in a comforter along a Connecticut highway say the men charged in his death are his cousins. WVIT's Amanda Pitts reports.

Two people have been charged in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old in Connecticut whose body was found wrapped in a comforter on a highway, as family say the suspects are the victim’s cousins.

The two people charged in the murder of an 18-year-old in Hartford last week are the victim’s cousins, the family tells NBC Connecticut. Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez was just days away from his 19th birthday when his body was found wrapped in a comforter on Pope Park Highway in Hartford.