Woman's body found floating in East River with blood-soaked Mercedes nearby: cops and sources

Yahoo

24-03-2025

A woman's body was spotted floating in the East River near a busy Queens park on Sunday morning — about 50 yards away from an abandoned blood-soaked Mercedes, cops and sources said.
Police responded to a 911 call about an unconscious person in the water near Fort Totten at Cross Island Boulevard and Totten Road around 11:15 a.m., an NYPD spokesperson told The Post.
When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive woman believed to be around 45 years old — and EMS workers declared her dead at the scene, cops said.
A pedestrian first spotted the body floating along the rocky shoreline near a popular jogging path that winds through the heart of Little Bay Park by the Throgs Neck Bridge, sources said.
A white Mercedes E-class with New York plates was parked about 50 yards away — and large smears of blood covered the rear driver-side door.
On Sunday, the medical examiner — who will determine the woman's cause of death — took pictures of the car's interior before she walked over to the body.
The car's white leather interior was also marked with blood, including a pool on the driver's seat, sources said.
Police withheld the woman's identity pending family notification.
Locals were shocked by the sanguine scene in the normally quiet neighborhood.
'I lived here my whole life, and never saw a crime scene here,' said Max, a 48-year-old from nearby Whitestone.
'This is terrible. A dead body lying right there next to the jogging path and the car with blood on the doors? My daughter asked me if they were shooting a movie.'
'It makes no sense,' he continued. 'This is the busiest spot anywhere around, especially on Sundays. Everybody comes here to ride their bikes, rollerblade, go for a walk with their dog.'
'This is insane that it's right here in the middle of it.'