The victim was identified as Edwin Echevarria, a 65-year-old man from the Lower East Side — and his alleged killer is his 23-year-old roommate, police said.

The torso of 65-year-old Edwin Echevarria was found in a sleeping bag in a suitcase floating in the river. Police have arrested his partner's son.

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,