{"id":313466,"date":"2026-08-04T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313466\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:16:07","slug":"decomposing-body-found-with-knife-sticking-out-of-neck-inside-new-york-home-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313466\/","title":{"rendered":"Decomposing body found with knife sticking out of neck inside New York home: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (TNND) \u2014 A man&#8217;s decomposing body was found inside a New York home with a knife lodged in his neck, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Citing  the New York Police Department (NYPD) and unnamed sources, the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/us-news\/rotting-corpse-found-with-knife-in-neck-inside-nyc-home-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> New York Post <\/a>reported that officers made the gruesome discovery while responding to a wellness check in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon.  <\/p>\n<p>The media outlet said the man was not identified, but was described as a 58-year-old in an advanced state of decomposition. The man, the outlet noted, was found with a knife protruding from his neck. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene, per the outlet, adding that police remained at the home for several hours as detectives and crime scene investigators collected evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s Office of Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, the outlet noted, adding that it&#8217;s unknown how long he was there. <\/p>\n<p>Police have not announced any arrests, and investigators have not said whether they believe the death was a murder. <\/p>\n<p>A neighbor told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/us-news\/rotting-corpse-found-with-knife-in-neck-inside-nyc-home-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a> the man was often seen around the neighborhood and frequently allowed people into his home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He let everybody in that crib,&#8221; the neighbor told the outlet. &#8220;I see him every day when I walk my dog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing, according to the outlet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (TNND) \u2014 A man&#8217;s decomposing body was found inside a New York home with a knife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-313466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}