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Body with 'cement shoes' found washed up on Brooklyn shoreline
CNN ^ | 12:26 PM ET, Sat May 7, 2016 | By Laura Ly

Posted on 05/07/2016 10:22:47 AM PDT by Red Badger

It's the stuff of mafia lore -- a doomed target thrown into the depths of the ocean, with his feet encased in cement. And yet, on an unseasonably cool morning in Brooklyn, a body with so-called "cement shoes" washed ashore this week, igniting the mystery of who committed the crime, and why. Authorities have identified the body as that of a 28-year-old suspected gang member named Peter Martinez.

Martinez was found wrapped in "black plastic bags, his arms were tied behind him, and his feet were submerged in poured concrete," said New York Police Chief of Department Robert Boyce. Martinez' head, including his mouth and nostrils, were covered in tape, Lt. Thomas Antonetti said. Tattoos of an 8-ball and a Virgin Mary with a rose, among several others, assisted in identifying Martinez.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; cement; gang; mafia; newyork; nyc; owesthecharmer; shoes
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I guess he couldn't sleep............with the fishes......................
1 posted on 05/07/2016 10:22:47 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Also know as a cement overcoat, or a concrete kimono. Bad news either way.


2 posted on 05/07/2016 10:25:36 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: Red Badger

Just have to ask, can a body with poured cement shoes really wash up on the shore?


3 posted on 05/07/2016 10:25:41 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Red Badger

Another product of mayoral excellence. They really need Rudi back.


4 posted on 05/07/2016 10:27:06 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: poinq

I imagine the body gets bloated with decay and becomes more bouyant. Should have gone with the Size 97 shoes instead of size 10 I guess.


5 posted on 05/07/2016 10:27:39 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Red Badger

A dreamer here to better himself?

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6 posted on 05/07/2016 10:30:28 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Red Badger

7 posted on 05/07/2016 10:30:34 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: 21twelve

The ocean can also carry heavy objects beachward in its waves and currents.


8 posted on 05/07/2016 10:30:40 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: poinq
Not sure on your question, but he has been identified - a Brooklyn gang member, Peter Martinez.


9 posted on 05/07/2016 10:30:46 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Red Badger

New York values.


10 posted on 05/07/2016 10:31:01 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: poinq
Just have to ask, can a body with poured cement shoes really wash up on the shore?


11 posted on 05/07/2016 10:32:26 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: poinq

“Just have to ask, can a body with poured cement shoes really wash up on the shore?”

Just a thought. Wondering if the taped mouth, and nose prohibited the water from entering his body leaving sufficient buoyancy to counteract the weight of the concrete just enough to allow the currents to move the body to shore. Perhaps the perps should have left the tape back at the hideout.

As I said it’s just a thought, a curiosity.


12 posted on 05/07/2016 10:33:27 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Red Badger

Suicide?


13 posted on 05/07/2016 10:33:44 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: poinq

Bloating with gases from decomposition causes bodies to float until it is released. Apparently the concrete was a bit too light for the job.


14 posted on 05/07/2016 10:33:45 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

that is great!!!


15 posted on 05/07/2016 10:35:53 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Or - they are torturing the guy as the high tide moves in!


16 posted on 05/07/2016 10:38:17 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Red Badger

A former Clinton associate???


17 posted on 05/07/2016 10:39:42 AM PDT by RaginRak
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To: dainbramaged

Concrete galoshes, aye!


18 posted on 05/07/2016 10:42:36 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: JimRed

Apparently the concrete was a bit too light for the job.”

They must have hired one of the contractors that does some of our street repair with taxpayer dollars.


19 posted on 05/07/2016 10:42:59 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: poinq

Cement is not heavy in water...


20 posted on 05/07/2016 10:43:39 AM PDT by dinodino
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