Bound and gagged body found under Coney Island boardwalk
A NYPD car. Photo: Julio Cortez/AP File
A bound and gagged, decomposed body was found under the boardwalk at Brooklyn’s Coney Island beach, police said Tuesday.
Officers responding to a 911 call found the body under the boardwalk at Surf Avenue and West 5th Street just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
The mouth was duct-taped and the hands were tied with rope, police said.
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