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Cops Find New Lead In Murder Case Of Body Found In Manhattan Beach

Photo by Rachel McKenziePolice have unearthed a lead that could help solve the murder of he reputed gang member whose body was discovered last week [/body-found-plastic-bag-near-kingsborough-community-college/] on the shore outside Kingsborough Community College. The Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/cops-find-source-bucket-murder-brooklyn-gang-member-article-1.2632788] investigators have located the hardware

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Authorities Determine Cause Of Death For Body Found Near Kingsborough

Photo by Michael GoldsteinThe Medical Examiner determined the reputed gang member, whose body was found in Manhattan Beach wrapped in a plastic bag with his feet stuck in a bucket of concrete, died of asphyxiation before he was thrown in the sea, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/

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Cops Identify Body Found At Kingsborough As Ex-Con With Money Woes

Photo by Rachel McKenziePolice 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] . Peter Martinez, who reportedly had been arrested 31 times and given a two-year prison sentence

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Body Found In Plastic Bag Near Kingsborough Community College

(Photo: mikey k / flickr)The body of an unidentified man, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered in the sand Monday outside Kingsborough Community College, police say. A caller reported the decomposing corpse at 10:20am. Authorities say the head and feet were tied to buckets filled with cement. The

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Skeleton Discovered In Discarded Couch Near Belt Parkway

City workers were stunned Friday afternoon when a human skeleton tumbled out of a discarded couch that they tried to load into a garbage truck on the Belt Parkway, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/human-remains-fall-couch-belt-parkway-article-1.2375532] . A Department of Transportation cleanup crew spotted the couch at