{"id":363546,"date":"2026-10-03T07:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T07:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363546\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T07:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T07:58:18","slug":"body-found-beyond-recognition-in-vacant-queens-lot-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363546\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found beyond recognition in vacant Queens lot: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 A trash-filled vacant lot in Jamaica is at the center of an investigation after officials say a <a data-ylk=\"slk:body was found burned;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/burned-body-found-in-queens-sources-say\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">body was found burned<\/a> beyond recognition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police were called to the overgrown property on Hillside Avenue and 139th Street Thursday evening after police were notified that a body, believed to be a man, was spotted there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Stay connected with community stories that matter: Visit our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Stay connected with community stories that matter: Visit our homepage\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At first, it was reported that the body was burned, but sources tell PIX11 News that the body was just decomposed after a closer look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Neighbors and nearby business owners say that the lot is a trouble spot with illegal activity happening behind the wall. The hope is that, after what has happened, something will be done to clean it up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The medical examiner will determine the identity of the person and cause of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 A trash-filled vacant lot in Jamaica is at the center of an investigation after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-363546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363546","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=363546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}