Posted on: March 03, 2025 12:50 PM

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Murdered mans body found buried amid New York city beach debris after storm

In October of 2012, the beachside community of Far Rockaway, Queens was rocked by Hurricane Sandy, a devastating storm that claimed lives in eight countries after tearing through areas that included much of the eastern seaboard of the U.S.

Two weeks after the raging storm hit New York City, crews cleaning up debris on Far Rockaway beach found the body of a young Black man partially buried in the dunes.

"The body was bound by a piece of fabric below the knees and around the back,” Joe Zappia, a detective with the New York City Police Department’s 101 Precinct in Queens, told New York Homicide, which airs new episodes on Saturdays at 9/8c p.m. on Oxygen.

"He had over 12 blunt force traumas to his head,” Zappia added in the “A Hurricane of Deceit” episode. "It appeared that there were stab wounds and two slice marks on the victim's wrists.”