NEW YORK – Authorities have arrested a Bronx man in connection with the grim discovery last month of a burned, handless, toothless body. which was in a shopping cart under the Yonkers bridge.
The New York Police Department announced Friday that he was arrested in connection with a disturbing discovery on August 5 under the Oak Street Bridge near the Yonkers-Mount Vernon border. Firefighters were called to a fire under the bridge, but as soon as they extinguished the flames, they saw the body.
An investigation found that the victim in the case may have been murdered at a home in the Bronx, the same place where more body parts linked to the case were found.
Yonkers Police say their investigation found that the body was set on fire within their jurisdiction, but that the murder occurred elsewhere. They transferred the case to the New York Police Department.
The police officers who executed usearch warrant at a home on Rogers Place in the Bronx In the case, they found human remains in the kitchen, they found human hands in a pot and feet in the freezer, police sources said. A fire extinguisher and drugs were found inside a bedroom.
“Whoever did this wanted to do everything they could to make sure the victim was never identified,” said New York Police Department Chief Terry Monahan. a person’s teeth, hands and feet to prevent identification. Once the hands are removed, fingerprints can no longer be checked. If the teeth are removed, you cannot look at it dental records to see who it is.”
It is unclear exactly what led investigators to that particular location.
A senior NYPD official previously told NBC New York that police have video of a man carrying a shopping cart on a Metro-North train in the Bronx’s 44th block, which appeared to be the same shopping cart that was found on fire. .
Muhammad Aadil, who is 40, was arrested on charges of murder, murder and hiding a body, among other charges. The man’s attorney was not immediately available.
2024-09-20 20:36:53
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