Crime & Safety
Body Found In Queens Wrapped In Blanket And Stowed In Car Trunk
Cops caught the men hauling the woman's body from a building in Far Rockaway and stashing it in the back of a car.
FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS — The body of a woman wrapped in a blanket and stashed in the trunk of a car in Queens was found by police on Wednesday. Four men have been arrested, the NYPD said.
Police first spotted the men leaving a building on Foam Place, near Mott and Central Avenue in Far Rockaway, around 1:50 a.m., carrying a large item.
The men put the item in the back of a car and drove away.
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When officers stopped the car about a mile away near the Nassau Expressway and Bayview Avenue in Nassau County they discovered the woman’s body in the trunk.
She was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS.
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As of 10 a.m. this morning the cause of death is still unknown, an NYPD spokesperson said.
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