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.

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.

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

Teen’s body was found wrapped in a comforter and dumped along highway. Now his two cousins have been arrested - Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez, 18, was found dead only days before his 19th birthday

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.

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.