John Taylor went lacking on January 4, 2000, and he was later found years later in the identical residence constructing he was final seen.
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The NYPD launched a photograph on Wednesday of a younger homicide sufferer who was slain on Staten Island in hopes of garnering new suggestions to assist them lastly crack the chilly case.
The sufferer, John Taylor, was reported lacking on Jan. 4, 2000 when he was 19-years-old — and 11 years later his stays had been found inside a crawl house in the identical residence constructing the place he was final seen at 70 Broad Avenue, authorities stated.
His demise was deemed a murder after the Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner decided he was stabbed within the chest, police stated.
The constructing the place Taylor was discovered was getting used to accommodate the homeless on the time he disappeared.
Investigators later discovered he by no means left the constructing. His skeletal stays had been discovered inside a crawl house on the primary ground on Sept. 1, 2011 after the constructing’s new proprietor ripped up a carpet and located a entice door resulting in the crawl house within the floor.
On the time of Taylor’s disappearance, police discovered a bloody scene on the handle, however didn't find a physique, the Staten Island Advance reported.
Years handed and future residents got here and left whereas Taylor’s stays went undiscovered stashed under the ground.
After Tropical Storm Irene hit the island and flooded the place, the constructing landlord — who bought the property in 2010 — tore up a carpet that had been broken by the water.
Under it, he discovered the entice door resulting in the crawl house which was crammed with water. After pumping water out of the three-foot-deep house, he noticed bones and a cranium stashed inside.
On the time, police had been investigating whether or not Taylor’s killing was drug-related because the handle was recognized for unlawful drug exercise and the crawl house had been used to cover a drug seller’s stash, in keeping with the Advance.
The entice door had since been sealed over.
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