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Police Arrest Brooklyn Man In Case Of Body Parts Found In Bronx Trash Facility
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Published Jan 22, 2017
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Just under a week after employees at a Bronx waste transfer station discovered a female leg and torso, police announced they've arrested a man and charged him with concealment of a human corpse.
Police say that following an investigation, they've arrested Somorie Moses, a 40-year-old man who lives in East Flatbush. A police spokesperson said that when police arrested Moses on Sunday morning, they also found a human head, hands and feet in his apartment. Moses has eight criminal convictions in the past, including assault, robbery, weapons possession and promoting prostitution according to the NYPD spokesperson.
The News reports that cops caught Moses by studying surveillance footage from the waste transfer station and using cell phone records. According to the Post, Moses is a Level 2 sex offender, a status that stems from his conviction for promoting prostitution of a girl under 16.
The female victim, and her cause of death, have still not been unidentified according to police.
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