Queens

911 Call About Bad Smell Leads Body Under NYC Couch

The dead man was found under a couch in Queens earlier this week

Cops responding to a 911 call about a bad smell at a Queens apartment building this week made a grisly discovery: They found a dead man under a couch.

Officers found the unidentified man under the couch with trauma to his back after they responded to the Jamaica Avenue scene around lunchtime on Wednesday.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy by the medical examiner's office found the man had been stabbed in the neck. His death was ruled a homicide. No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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