Investigation underway after body parts found inside Bronx apartment
HIGH BRIDGE, Bronx (WABC) -- Police say body parts were found inside a Bronx apartment on Tuesday night.
Authorities were called to 979 Summit Avenue in the Highbridge section at around 8:25 p.m. for a wellness check of an occupant in Apartment 6G.
A torso and arms were found inside the apartment. The head and legs were not there and are still being sought.
Officers were stationed in the basement where the trash chute is located.
Neighborhood resident Jose Marquez saw the police presence start to build shortly after he arrived home Tuesday night.
"I noticed that a crime scene van was sitting here and a couple city vehicles," Marquez said. "I didn't know what was going on at the time, but then I assumed it was something bad because I saw the medical examiner coming in," Marquez said.
For residents it's the second unsettling act of violence inside of the building.
Surveillance video from 2022 shows a suspect spray painting over a security camera the day three men, impersonating police offers, forced their way into an apartment, where they zip-tied and robbed a man and woman of $20,000. The male victim was shot in the back.
Sources told Eyewitness News that police at the 44th Precinct are questioning a 30-year-old person of interest in this latest incident.
No charges were immediately filed.
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