The Worcester County District Attorney, where recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia once worked, has declined to handle the investigation.

Citing a conflict of interest, Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Monday his office will not handle the investigation into the death of a Massachusetts State Police recruit injured during a training exercise last week, as the young man previously worked for the DA’s office.

The Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards on Thursday confirmed it is weighing whether to investigate the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia at the Massachusetts State Police training facility in New Braintree.

A former classmate of Enrique Delgado-Garcia is speaking out, even as authorities continue to search for an outside agency unbiased enough to oversee the investigation into the Massachusetts State Police recruit’s death.

Before his death last week, Enrique Delgado-Garcia allegedly described hazing-like conditions at the State Police Academy, his close friend told The Boston Globe. The post Reports emerge of grueling conditions at State Police Academy following recruit’s death appeared first on Boston.