Decapitated, dismembered body found in Manhattan apartment: sources


The body of a decapitated and decapitated man was found inside a Lower East Side apartment Tuesday afternoon, ordered in plastic bags right next to an electric saw, sources told the Post.

Police arrived at the creepy scene shortly after 3:30 p.m., after a friend of the dead man requested a wellness checkup at the E. Houston Street building and called police, sources said.

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An electric saw was found near the body, which was described as a 34-year-old man. The victim’s arms and legs were removed below the knees, and body parts were found in plastic bags found in the apartment, the sources said.

“This is ugly,” said a policeman at the scene.

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The sources described the murder as an apparent targeted murder.

The victim was last seen in surveillance footage Monday afternoon around 1:40 p.m., when he entered the elevator of his building, which opens directly to his seventh-floor apartment, sources said.

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