Police are searching for human remains in a Brooklyn backyard after getting a tip that an older person had been killed, dismembered and buried there, law enforcement sources tell News 4 New York.
A neighbor told an officer that an older person was buried in the backyard of an East New York home, the sources said. It's not clear how the tipster knew of the potential body, or how long ago the person was allegedly buried there.
Police brought cadaver dogs to the area, and the dogs appeared to hit on several positive indications of remains in the yard.
The NYPD has gotten a search warrant and is now digging. Chopper 4 over the scene shows investigators shoveling in the yard.
The person who reported the body felt confident enough in their relationship with police, established through the community policing initiative, to share the information, sources said.
