Police search for Marlboro Houses murder suspect

February 27, 2020 Jaime DeJesus
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Police are looking for a man wanted in the killing of a 72-year-old man in the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend earlier this month.

On Friday, Feb. 7 at around 11:17 p.m., police found Leslie Lee dead, lying face-up in a bedroom, inside an apartment at 2331 West 11th Street. 

Cops categorized the death as a homicide on Monday, Feb. 26, and are now looking for 34-year-old Jose Mendoza in connection to the crime. He is described as Latinx, six feet tall and around 200 pounds.

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Anyone with information about Mendoza’s whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.


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