A Massachusetts man has been accused of tricking his neighbors into helping him move a dead body by telling them it was a 'hockey mannequin'.

Christopher Caron, 42, turned himself in on Saturday for the alleged murder of a Maine chef, reported NBC 10.

Police discovered the body of 27-year-old Declan Perry wrapped in blankets and bound by duct tape inside a black Honda Civic outside South Shore Hospital on August 23.

Nurses claimed a hooded man, later identified by police as Caron, came inside and told them there was a man in a car who needed help, but then mysteriously walked away, according to court documents obtained by Boston 25 News.

Once the news broke of the horrific discovery, two men contacted police and told them they had helped their neighbor load a heavy wrapped object into the same black Honda at the Driftway Condo Complex.