GUELPH-Second-degree murder charges have been laid against a 29-year-old Guelph man after an Elizabeth Street resident was found dead early Friday morning in his home.

Guelph Police were called Friday around 5:30 a.m. to 6 Elizabeth St. Police report that early Thursday evening there was a physical altercation between the accused and 42-year-old deceased. The two men knew each other.

Kevin Dickson leases a house around the corner on Duke Street with some friends. Dickson said he is under the impression an extended family lives in the house at 6 Elizabeth St. although he couldn't say for sure.

"It always changed, it seemed," he said.

Scott Marshall, who rents a room in Dickson's house, said he woke up Friday to see a forensic van parked across the road and police tape around the Elizabeth Street house.

"I could see the caution tape and a guy in a white suit going into the house," he said, meaning a type of coverall and not a business suit.

Both Marshall and Dickson said they have heard what sounded like verbal arguments coming from the house in the past, but heard nothing Thursday night or Friday morning.

They were shocked to learn there had been a death.

Tyler Belluz lives beside 6 Elizabeth St. He said Thursday night at 9 p.m. he saw a man who appeared to be in his late 30s, lying drunk in the middle of Elizabeth Street, and another man directing traffic around him.

"Then police passed by and they stopped. I saw them put him in an ambulance," Belluz said.

He said his girlfriend noticed the police tape across the front of the house next door when she got up around 6 a.m. He saw police removing the body from the house at 10:30 Friday morning.

"We've seen police there often, but they never bothered us as neighbours," Belluz said. "It seemed to have a rotating cast of people who lived there."

Police continue to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Manfred Hoyer at 519-824-1212, ext. 7331. Anonymous tips can be left at 1-800-222-8477.