A suspect was arrested within the homicide of an ambulette driver whose physique was discovered at the back of the automobile on a Bronx road, in line with police.
Sharief Bodden was arrested Friday and faces a slew of costs together with second-degree homicide, first-degree manslaughter and weapon possession within the dying of Peter Forrest, police stated.
Lawyer data for Bodden, 29, was not instantly obtainable.
The arrest got here 4 days after the disturbing discovery of a physique at the back of an ambulette was made on Citadel Hill Avenue. The 64-year-old Forrest was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Legislation enforcement sources stated Forrest, of the Bronx, labored for Marquis Ambulette. When a supervisor for the corporate could not get in touch with Forrest, the corporate pinged the van’s GPS location and referred to as police. Shortly after, the physique was discovered face down and bloodied, with a number of accidents to his head and face.
Safety video confirmed Forrest’s ambulette pull into the Citadel Hill neighborhood and park round 8:45 a.m. Monday. Moments later, a girl walked as much as the motive force’s facet of the ambulette and appeared to speak with somebody earlier than going again to her automobile.
Minutes later, the automotive circled, and somebody exited the ambulette, stepping into the automotive earlier than it drove off.
The health worker’s workplace will conduct an post-mortem to substantiate the reason for dying.
