A 58-year-old apparent stabbing victim was found dead and decomposing in his Bronx apartment Monday after a 911 caller reported a stench coming from the home, cops and law-enforcement sources said.
Officers were dispatched to the apartment on Elsmere Place near Daly Avenue in West Farms around 10:30 a.m. after someone reported the foul odor, according to authorities and sources.
The 58-year-old was discovered after neighbors reported a foul smell. Gregory P. Mango
The dead man was discovered face-down on his bed covered with a blanket and had what appeared to be a stab wound on the left side of his back, sources said.
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He was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS workers.
An NYPD officer wearing a mask while standing guard at the building Tuesday said the scene “smells like blood and poop.”
Resident Cheyenne Murphy, who lives across the hall, said she woke up Monday morning to an overpowering smell she thought was garbage.
“I started cleaning and my boyfriend walked outside and said, ‘Yo! Come out here! Come outside!'” Murphy said.
“I put my nose to the door across the hall and then I almost threw up,” she went on. “I called 911 and five hours later we just called again and then they came like five minutes after that. Whatever killed him, he’s been in there for a good few days.”
Other neighbors said the victim was known to fight with his girlfriend.
“She was out here the other day and she wanted to come in – she was like, ‘Please! Please!’” said Marella Rodriguez, 58, who has lived in the building since it opened two years ago. “And he was like, ‘No, no’ and then he must have changed his mind or something [because] he let her in.
“They were always fighting,” Rodriguez went on. “So that was nothing new. This morning she bought a candle and was out here lighting a candle right here in the lobby.”
The city Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will officially determine how he died.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Gregory P. MangoHis name has not been released by the NYPD, pending family notification.
