Martin Barreto

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NEW YORK -- A one-time aide to former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was found murdered in his apartment earlier this week.

Authorities say 49-year-old Martin Barreto was found strangled. Before he was found dead, Barreto told his doorman he was expecting a visitor and to let him in. Police are searching for the visitor as a possible suspect.

Police discovered the nude body of Barreto Monday night on a bed at his home in Greenwich Village after a friend reported he wasn't responding to phone calls or knocks on his door.

Relatives and friends said that about three years ago Barreto had sought restraining orders against a man with whom he had ended a relationship.

Barreto was a deputy press secretary in the late 1990s. At the time of his death, he was a partner in a public relations firm.

Giuliani spokeswoman Sunny Mindel said the former mayor wanted to express "his heartfelt sympathy and prayers to Martin's family and friends."