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Police Find Dead Man In Car Trunk
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 15, 2015
Modified Jan 15, 2015
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The body of a 24-year-old man was found in the trunk of a car parked in the Bronx earlier today.
According to the NYPD, officers responded to East 211 Street and Tryon Avenue just before 2 p.m. and found the man "unconscious and unresponsive in the trunk of a black 2013 BMW." EMS then pronounced him dead at the scene.
The police are still investigating and have not identified the body, but a 24-year-old man was reported as being kidnapped from his NJ home yesterday. Jordan Johnson, who drives a 2013 BMW X550 Gran Turismo, was last seen on Tuesday night. Cliffview Pilot reports that his girlfriend said they were supposed to meet in Harlem that night, but he never showed up. When she got to their Fort Lee apartment, it was ransacked and jewelry was missing.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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