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# Cops Identify Body Found At Kingsborough As Ex-Con With Money Woes
- URL: https://bklyner.com/cops-identify-body-found-kingsborough-ex-con-money-woes-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2016-05-05T14:50:15.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-05T14:57:14.000Z
- Author: Alex Ellefson
- Tags: Police & Fire, Sheepshead Bay, Southern Brooklyn, homicide, human body, Kingsborough Community College, murder, nypd, peter martinez, police, #wp

![Photo by Rachel McKenzie](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mm_kingsborough_backyard_ellie_copter.jpg)

Photo by Rachel McKenzie

Police identified the man found on the shore near Kingsborough Community College as a 28-year-old convicted felon with money troubles, [the Daily News reports](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/brooklyn-ex-con-found-dead-plastic-bag-feet-concrete-article-1.2624584?ref=bklyner.com).

Peter Martinez, who reportedly had been arrested 31 times and given a two-year prison sentence for identity theft, was [found Monday morning](/body-found-plastic-bag-near-kingsborough-community-college/) with his feet sunk in cement-filled buckets and his body wrapped in a plastic bag. His girlfriend told investigators he “owed a lot of money” before he was reported missing on February 3, according to the Daily News.

Martinez has also been tied to an infamous Brooklyn gang. [DNAinfo reports](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160504/manhattan-beach/man-washed-ashore-cement-shoes-was-part-of-bobby-shmurda-crew-sources?ref=bklyner.com) he was affiliated with the G Stone Crips, a gang associated with the East Flatbush rapper Bobby Shmurda.

Police identified the body, found on the rocks by a Kingsborough student, through the Virgin Mary and 8-ball tattoos on his body, according to DNAinfo. He also had a gunshot wound on his leg from a previous incident.

The Daily News reports Martinez had not been shot or stabbed. However, police have not revealed the cause of death.