Prosecutors in New York City say they are charging a Manhattan man with murder for killing his older roommate.

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

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

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

A man was arrested in NYC after his roommate's remains were found in a suitcase in the East River. The victim was identified ...

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

A suitcase containing human remains was pulled from the East River off Manhattan, according to police, sparking an ...

By Chelsia Rose Marcius A New York City ferry captain on Wednesday discovered a suitcase drifting in the East River that turned out to have a human torso inside, according to an internal police ...

Police recovered a suitcase from the East River in New York City on Wednesday evening that was found to contain human remains ...

The gruesome discovery was made when the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the suitcase, which contained a man's torso, in the East ...