Autopsy: Head trauma, not fire, killed man found burning
A Kensington man whose body was found burning on a secluded Northeast Philly street early Tuesday died of blunt-force trauma to the head, the Medical Examiner's Office has ruled.
Autopsy: Head trauma, not fire, killed man found burning
A Kensington man whose body was found burning on a secluded Northeast Philly street early Tuesday died of blunt-force trauma to the head, the Medical Examiner's Office has ruled.
Angel Marrero-Padilla, 21, of Boudinot Street near Cambria, was found burning and tied with an electrical cord to a metal floor jack on Newtown Avenue between Adams and Godfrey just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, police spokeswoman Officer Jillian Russell said. The ME's office ruled the death a homicide.
Firefighters made the gruesome discovery when they responded to a rubbish fire there. Small bags of trash and other detritus dumped along the road were on fire along with Marrero-Padilla's body. His ankles were tightly bound with electrical cords, and more cords were loosely wrapped around his neck and wrists, tying him to the base of a metal floor jack — usually used to raise cars — that weighed about 50 pounds.
See coverage in today's paper here.
usually, when you weight a body, you throw it into (deep) water.
— ekw555- What a horrible thing for someone to do. The perpetrator ought to fry in hell.— wendycontos
Comment removed.- What kind of monster could do such a thing. The perpretrator ought to fry in hell.— wendycontos
- I can't see why you'd tie a dead person to a 50lb. weight so you can immolate the corpse. A living person (even unconscious) being tied to one makes more sense.— Yoda117
- wow...someone really wanted him dead...what a sad way to end a life— chop1118
If the perp is a 1st time offender Seth will plea bargain a deal, you can be sure.- Comment removed.
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- zimmerman did it— james bond
- You all sound like really good people yourselves. Let's be friends!— ahumanbeing
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- To end a life in such a way... what a monster!— ElleVee
