The torso of 65-year-old Edwin Echevarria was found in a sleeping bag in a suitcase floating in the river. Police have ...

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

The gruesome discovery was made around 5:30 p.m. when the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the suitcase in the East River near ...

Officials say both the victim and the suspect are registered at the same address, but their exact relationship is unclear.

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

A human torso was found inside a suitcase that was floating in the East River near Governor’s Island on Wednesday evening, ...

The NYPD Harbor Unit spotted a suitcase containing the remains of Edwin Echevarria, 65, on Feb. 5. EMS personnel pronounced ...

The New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit pulled the remains out of the river near Governor's Island around 5:30 p.m.

The remains of a body were found Wednesday inside a suitcase floating in the East River, police said. The grizzly discovery came after the suitcase was spotted around 5:30 p.m. drifting near Governors ...

Human remains have been found in a suitcase that was drifting in the East River in New York City, police said.

The NYPD is investigating after a suitcase containing human remains was found in the East River near Governor’s Island on ...

The human remains found stuffed in a suitcase floating off Manhattan in the East River consisted of a man’s headless ...