NASHUA – After more than a year since the murder of a Kinsley Street man, Javier Rivera Afanador, the victim’s neighbor has been indicted for the killing.

Devin Tappan, 31, held since his arrest last year, is accused of bludgeoning to death his 45-year-old neighbor.

The grand jury, convened in Hillsborough County Superior Court South in Nashua, handed up indictments charging Tappan with second degree murder for allegedly killing Afanador by bludgeoning him with a weight. The grand jury also handed up four felony counts of armed robbery for a series of 2016 crime during which Tappan allegedly used a knife to rob convenience stores and pharmacies.

Tappan, arrested on Jan. 7, 2017, a day after police discovered Afanador’s body while conducting a well-being check at 32 Kinsley St., was where both men lived in separate apartments.

Police at the time estimated that Afanador, who lived upstairs from Tappan in the Kinsley Street apartment building, was killed sometime between 2 a.m. and 7:24 p.m. on Jan. 6.

The following day, after

developing Tappan as a suspect, police brought him to headquarters for questioning. At some point, he allegedly became combative, kicking an officer in the stomach, then “tensing his arms” and pulling away while another officer tried to handcuff him, according to police reports.

Tappan also is accused of telling a detective, “I am going to punch you right in your face,” the reports state. Finally, according to police, Tappan allegedly damaged police property by “urinating on the chairs and carpets in the Special Investigations Divisions’s interview Room 1.”

Damien Fisher can be reached at 594-1245 or dfisher@nashuatelegraph.com or @Telegraph_DF.