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83 year old man found stabbed to death in his Co-op City home

Person of interest taken in for questioning Friday morning

As of deadline Friday, 6/24/16, afternoon, police were questioning a "person of interest" who is suspected of the violent murder of an 83 year old man, a Building 21B Coop City resident, found cut and stabbed repeatedly inside his home late Thursday afternoon.

According to the NYPD's Public information office, a call for rescue came into police from the home at approximately 4:30pm Thursday 6/23/16 and responding officers observed the man with multiple lacerations to his torso and unconscious and unresponsive. The city's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) then responded shortly thereafter and pronounced the man dead. According to various media reports, the 52 year old son of the victim made the horrible discovery of his father's body and called 9-1-1.

The victim was identified by police as Reynold Dobson, age 83, a resident of a home on the 25th floor of Building 21-B.

A spokesman for Coop City Public Safety detectives said that review of surveillance taken in the building earlier revealed images of a "person of interest" entering the building and then leaving a short time later.

By Friday afternoon, a person taken in by police earlier that day was still being questioned by detectives. As of press time no official charges has been filed against this person or any other person.

On Friday afternoon, a senior NYPD detective confirmed to several media outlets which reported that this person is believed to also be responsible for a carjacking that occurred at a gas station adjacent to Co-op City shortly after he left Building 21B.

The suspect was found by police with the car stolen in the carjacking driving in New Jersey early Friday morning and was taken in for questioning at that point, as was reported by the senior NYPD detective.

The senior detective also said the the knife allegedly used to commit the murder was left in the apartment by the assailant.

Neighbors who talked to reporters assembled outside Building 21B Thursday evening expressed disbelief as to how and why something this terrible can happen to such a nice man.

That question still remains a mystery.

By Bill Stuttig
Co-op City Times is now online

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