Horror in New York: a burning body found in a shopping cart under a bridge

A burned body was found yesterday in a shopping cart under a bridge in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.

According to the Police Department, the body was found around 2 a.m. Monday after receiving a call about a fire under the Oak St. bridge. close to the in front of Occidental of Yonkers by Mount Vernon. Once the flames were extinguished, officers determined it was a crime scene.

“They determined that a body had been placed in a shopping cart and apparently set on fire at that location,” Detective Sergeant Frank DiDomizio said in a statement to the spokesman. Daily News.

Source of ABC News I confirm that the body was dismemberedbut investigators could not immediately confirm those details due to damage caused by the flames.

The Oak St. Bridge crossing the Bronx River Road, Bronx River Park and the Metro-North train tracks that run between Grand Central Terminal and upstate New York.

Because of where the body was found Westchester police are leading the investigation. by the county medical examiner’s office. On Monday, several emergency response units responded near the crossing. The victim’s age, gender and race have not been determined. It is also unknown how, where and when he died.

No arrests have been made or any suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page Crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CREATE), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.

In general, Finding whole or body parts in public places is common in New York and nearby areas, and sometimes it takes time to identify victims.. Last month A woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside a sleeping bag was abandoned in Midtown East, Manhattan (NYC) and then his roommate was arrested as a suspect.

just a year ago NYPD finds body in shopping cart in Bronx almost 10 miles south of Yonkers in August 2023. That body was wrapped in plastic.

Also in March 2022 Police officers find dismembered body of woman in shopping cart in Brooklyn (NYC) outside a pawn shop in an East New York business district, near the Subway overpass.

last week Two bodies were found in wooded areas outside of New York City: one in a park in Yonkers and another in Long Island.

In May Human head found floating in Jamaica Bay (Queens) Earlier that month a man was found dead floating in waters near the Staten Island ferry terminal there Lower Manhattan.

Days later, human remains found underwater in a New Jersey stream were identified as belonging to Charles Murphy, who missing person since 1982, the prosecutor said. In April too A case open for nearly 39 years has been closed in New Jersey: the new girl found dead in a bag in a park on Christmas Eve 1984.

Between February 29 and early March two human bodies were found dismembered in wooded areas from Long Island (NY). They were later identified as Malcolm Craig Brown (53) and his partner Donna Conneely (59) and his cousin was arrested along with three others.

In January 2021 they were Human remains found in a park in Island State along with a calendar from the year 2005. Months later it was determined that the bones were from a short man (between 4’11” and 5’5″), possibly Asian or Hispanic, and that he was murdered on unspecified. But so far the victim has not been identified and no arrests have been made.

In the fall of 2020 two newborn twins were left for dead in a high-traffic residential area in the Bronx (NYC) and more than three years later no one has been arrested in the case.

Anyone with information about these cases should get in touch at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page Crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CREATIVE), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.