Body found beyond recognition in vacant Queens lot: officials
Authorities are investigating after a body, believed to be a man, was found burned beyond recognition in a vacant lot in Jamaica, Queens.
JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) — A trash-filled vacant lot in Jamaica is at the center of an investigation after officials say a body was found burned beyond recognition. Police were called to the overgrown property on Hillside Avenue and 139th Street Thursday evening after police were notified that a body, believed to be a man, was [...]
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