The human remains found in a suitcase floating in the East River have been identified as Edwin Echevarria, 65, who was allegedly murdered by 23-year-old Christian Miller.

A New York City ferry captain saw the luggage and called the Police Department’s Harbor Unit. The authorities have not identified the remains.

The suspect allegedly made statements linking himself to the crime, apparently describing it as the result of an ongoing dispute over food.

A man was charged with second-degree murder after his reported roommate's remains turned up in a suitcase on the East River.New York police said they retrieved

The NYPD Harbor Unit spotted a suitcase containing the remains of Edwin Echevarria, 65, on Feb. 5. EMS personnel pronounced Echevarria dead at Pier 16, where the suitcase was transported. Millet allegedly made statements linking himself to the crime,

A New York man has been charged with murder after his 65-year-old roommate's torso was discovered in a suitcase floating in the East River earlier this month. On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 5, the NYPD Harbor Unit made a grisly discovery when it fished a suitcase out of the East River near Governor’s Island and discovered a human torso inside,

The NYPD has arrested the roommate of a man whose dismembered body was found floating inside a suitcase in the East River last week—after the two had been fighting about food, sources said.