YONKERS, New York (WABC) — An investigation is underway in Yonkers after police discovered a physique early Monday morning.
The physique was discovered close to the Oak Road bridge over the Bronx River Parkway simply earlier than 2 a.m.
Sources near the investigation says the physique was not less than partially dismembered in a purchasing cart and set on fireplace.
A spokesperson for the Yonkers Police Division refused to verify that, saying the sufferer had been burned past recognition.
“Yonkers Police Detectives are working intently with the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Workplace,” mentioned the spokesman. “Who will make that dedication together with the precise explanation for dying and any extra accidents to the sufferer.”
The identification of the sufferer isn’t but identified.
Investigators later deemed the investigation to be a murder. Police say proof was found which decided that whereas the physique was set on fireplace throughout the metropolis of Yonkers, it appeared that the placement the place the physique was discovered was a “dump web site” and the extra acceptable main investigative company for this murder is the NYPD.
There is no such thing as a phrase on any arrests and even any suspects at this time limit.
Few different particulars have been launched.
Police officers say this crime isn’t linked to the close by discovery of one other corpse final Wednesday. That dying was labeled as a suicide.
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