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An Arou­ca busi­ness­man was dis­cov­ered dead in the garage of his home on Tues­day af­ter­noon, hours af­ter he was last seen alive on his home se­cu­ri­ty cam­eras.

Ver­non Guis­chard, 67, of Blue Spruce Street, Pine Ridge, Arou­ca, op­er­at­ed a garage busi­ness in the area.

Po­lice said they re­ceived a call around 4 pm. from a rel­a­tive who went to check on Guis­chard af­ter re­peat­ed calls to his cell­phone went unan­swered.