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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The man found dead in his South Wilkes-Barre residence early Friday died from multiple stab wounds and the death has been ruled a homicide, according to Luzerne County Deputy Coroner Dan Hughes.</p><p>City police on Saturday also confirmed after they recovered evidence from victim Fred Boote&#8217;s residence they visited a &#8220;secondary scene&#8221; at 95 Maffett St. in Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>The same detectives seen at Boote&#8217;s home at 14 Donald Court on Friday morning were seen at the nearby Maffett Street building by late afternoon.</p><p>Boote&#8217;s autopsy was performed Saturday by forensic pathologist Dr. Gary Ross.</p><p>Police say &#8220;blunt trauma&#8221; also contributed to the death. </p><p>The 58-year-old was found with an apparent stab wound to the back after an officer recovered a Golden Retriever at the Turkey Hill store on Carey Avenue, less than a mile from Boote&#8217;s residence.</p><p>A collar on the dog listed Boote&#8217;s address.</p><p>When the officer arrived at Boote&#8217;s home with the dog just before 4 a.m., he noticed the front door was open several inches and the lights turned on. After no response, additional officers arrived to assist in searching the home.</p><p>It was then that they discovered blood spatter on floors and Boote&#8217;s body in a second-floor bedroom along with a large knife covered with blood and a gasoline container. The spout from the gas container was under the body, an affidavit stated.</p><p>Police later obtained a search warrant for an iPhone found on Willow Street that belonged to Boote.</p><p>No further information was available from authorities late Saturday.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Police are seen outside a home on Donald Court in Wilkes-Barre on Friday after a man was discovered dead inside. Fred Boote&#8217;s death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy on Saturday, authorities say. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091518death2-6.jpg</photo0><caption0>Police are seen outside a home on Donald Court in Wilkes-Barre on Friday after a man was discovered dead inside. Fred Boote&#8217;s death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy on Saturday, authorities say. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>dstokes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Dan Stokes at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @ByDanStokes</p></shirttailMeta></div>

South Wilkes-Barre man’s death ruled homicide; police confirm ‘secondary scene’