Cops probe Center City man's 'suspicious' death

A 65-year-old man was found dead in his rowhome on a quiet Center City side street this afternoon, police said.

A maintenance worker found the man, whom a neighbor identified as Lee Stanley, collapsed on the floor of his house on Mole Street near Cherry, police said.

Stanley was pronounced dead at the scene at noon. It's unclear what caused Stanley's death, which investigators are calling "suspicious," but there were no signs of trauma on his body, said Officer Jillian Russell, a police spokeswoman.

No weapon was recovered at the scene, and there were no signs of forced entry into the home, according to police.

Frank Ermilio, a 24-year-old bartender, lives a few doors down from Stanley. He told the Daily News that his neighbor was a quiet guy who mostly kept to himself.

"He lived alone there for years," Ermilio said on his stoop, feet from where yellow crime scene tape blocked off Stanley's home. "He grew up on this block with his parents; when they died, he just kept the house."