The body of the Satmar Governor identified in garbage can

NYPD sources report that a body was found bound and burnt in New York, has been identified as the businessman, Satmar Hasidic Governor Rabbi Menachem Stark z"l.

The body was found in a garbage can at a gas station in Great Neck, Long Island in the evening on Friday. Station attendants noticed smoke rising from the garbage can in the morning and put out the smoke by using the snow, but after a few hours noticed a bad smell rising from the garbage can and called the police.

"I noticed smoke coming from the garbage can," said the attendant Fernando Cerf who spotted the body, "and we put out the fire. We thought somebody threw accidentally a burning cigarette into the container. But in the afternoon when I threw garbage into another container I noticed a bad smell, so bad that I realized that something very bad happened. I immediately alerted the police. "

According to preliminary tests indicate that the deceased met his death through strangulation. Only after his death were his limbs scorched. Perhaps in an attempt to conceal evidence.

Today (Saturday), at one o'clock New York time, came to his family, Williamsburg, a group of New York police officials accompanied by community workers, and told the family the bad news about locating the body of their loved one.

Kidnapping in the snow

Stark, 39, left his office, next to the Williamsburg Bridge, at 11:45 pm Thursday night and was never seen again. When Stark did not return home on Thursday night, his worried wife called friends and acquaintances, then the organization of the local Shomrim.

New York police were called much later, at around 2:30 are on Friday. "We thought he was going to go home," said Itzik, brother of Stark, explaining why the family did not call immediately "after the family watched a security camera with the help of the Shomrim, the police were called immediately."

Video documentation showed Stark approached his vehicle, he managed to operate the alarm whilst two African -looking Vandals attacked him and a struggle developed in the snowy street .

"They went out from the minivan and went straight to him," said Stark's brother, Itzik, "They caught him and he fought with them for five minutes." The two men were recorded when they tied Stark and blocked his mouth. They managed to get Stark into the van and left.

According to the video released by the NYPD this morning, you can see the vehicle type vehicle passenger Dodge minivan along the sidewalk.

Menachem Stark, Governor of Satmar, was the owner of a real estate empire that dominated the living space in Williamsburg and Brooklyn, including many blacks.

Last email Stark sent before the abduction, discusses about business, in which he promised to transfer money to someone with whom he had disagreements. However, there is no guarantee kidnapping is related to a business dispute and police in New York - check also the possibility that it is a robbery which ended with trouble.

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