According to a source close to the investigation, human remains that had been set on fire and at least partially dismembered were found inside a shopping cart in Yonkers, New York, on Monday morning.
That led investigators to the gruesome scene at a Bronx kitchen, authorities said.
“We want to make sure we’re doing everything right.”
Yonkers Police said officers responded to a report of a fire under the Oak Street Bridge over the Bronx River Parkway just before 2 a.m. Firefighters from the Mount Vernon Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the blaze before discovering the body inside a shopping cart.
Yonkers police determined the body “appeared to have been placed in a shopping cart and set on fire at that location.” News12 Westchester reported..
Investigative sources He told WABC-TV The body was at least partially dismembered, but a Yonkers police spokesman declined to confirm that information, the department added.
Police told News 12 Westchester that media reports that the body was dismembered are premature and that because of the fire, that information cannot be confirmed.
Authorities also said the condition of the bodies made it extremely difficult to determine a cause of death, and it was unclear whether the victim was killed at the scene or elsewhere and then transported to the scene.
Investigators said Tuesday they found human bones in the kitchen of a home on Rogers Place in the Bronx and believe they are linked to remains found in a burned body in Yonkers. The two sites are about eight miles apart. Authorities also reported finding drug paraphernalia and a gun in a bedroom of the Bronx home.
WNBC report A senior NYPD source said investigators had obtained video of a man pushing a shopping cart onto a Metro-North train in the Bronx that appeared to match a shopping cart later found burning in Yonkers.
The same official Said WNBC reported that the body, whose body was found burned, had broken teeth and was missing both hands, suggesting someone was trying to prevent the victim from being identified.
Police said they have yet to confirm the identity of the victim. Identitygender, age, etc. The Westchester County Coroner’s Office will determine the victim’s cause of death.
“This is on the border of several jurisdictions, so we want to do everything right and gather all the evidence we can.” Said Detective Sergeant Frank DiDomizio.
Police said they are investigating and no arrests have been made yet. They are appealing for witnesses and reviewing security camera footage from the scene.
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