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By Max Jaeger
Brooklyn Daily
Prosecutors are charging a Brooklyn man with murder after police discovered a body in a plastic storage container at his Flatlands home on April 19.
Police arrested the suspect at his house on E. 54th Street near Avenue N and charged him with second-degree murder, law enforcement sources said. The victim’s name has not been released, but police say he went by the nickname “Chino” and was not well known to the suspect.
Chino reportedly spent the night at the suspect’s home around April 14, police said. According to a criminal complaint, the suspect allegedly stabbed Chino several times about the head, neck, and body some time between April 14 and April 19, causing his death.
The two did not apparently have a close relationship, police said.
The suspect’s employer tipped off the police after the man allegedly confessed the homicide to his boss on Saturday, according to law enforcement sources. Investigators from the 63rd Precinct found the body shortly after noon on Saturday, according to police reports. The victim suffered several stab wounds, which likely led to his death, sources said. The suspect was arrested the next day, court records show.
Neighbors said they rarely saw the suspect or his housemates, who were relatively new to the neighborhood.
“I’m living there my whole life and I don’t know the people who live in that house,” said Joanne Ascanio, who has lived three doors down for 50 years.
Another neighbor who declined to give her name said she had never spoken with anyone in the house since its previous owners moved five years ago.
Seeing a platoon of police outside their homes came as a shock to many living on the block, neighbors said. One resident said he would not have expected such a violent crime in his backyard.
“This is a good neighborhood — I’m shocked that this occurred,” said neighbor Michael Guest.
The suspect was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on April 21. His attorneys could not be reached for comment.