Investigation underway after body found in shopping cart under bridge in Yonkers, source says
The NYPD is now the leading the homicide investigation
YONKERS, New York (WABC) -- An investigation is underway in Yonkers after police found a body early Monday morning.
The body was found near the Oak Street bridge over the Bronx River Parkway just before 2 a.m.
Sources close to the investigation says the body was at least partially dismembered in a shopping cart and set on fire.
A spokesperson for the Yonkers Police Department refused to confirm that, saying the victim had been burned beyond recognition.
"Yonkers Police Detectives are working closely with the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office," said the spokesman. "Who will make that determination along with the exact cause of death and any additional injuries to the victim."
The identity of the victim is not yet known.
Investigators later deemed the investigation to be a homicide. Police say evidence was discovered which determined that while the body was set on fire within the city of Yonkers, it appeared that the location where the body was found was a "dump site" and the more appropriate primary investigative agency for this homicide is the NYPD.
There is no word on any arrests or even any suspects at this point in time.
Few other details have been released.
Police officials say this crime is not connected to the nearby discovery of another corpse last Wednesday. That death was classified as a suicide.
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