11 h. ago Man who 'raped' dead man's corpse on New York subway turns himself in

Felix Rojas, 44, from the Bronx, was charged with rape almost three weeks after the disgusting incident, which took place on an R train at Whitehall Street subway station just after midnight on April 9

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11 h. ago Man arrested after turning himself in for 'raping dead man's corpse on New York subway'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Felix Rojas, 44, turned himself in to police, according to sources - almost three weeks after he was seen on CCTV fleeing a subway station after allegedly raping a dead passenger

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17 h. ago Subway rider accused of raping a dead man’s corpse on a train is arrested

Felix Rojas, 44, was charged with rape nearly three weeks after the incident on the R train

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22 h. ago No more ‘subway spaghetti’! New Yorkers adjust to first new transit map in 50 years

The first major overhaul since 1979 seeks to simplify the map’s old illegible squiggles – but faces opposition from change-averse New YorkersThe New York City subway map has always been tricky to decipher. Unlike those in cities from Boston to London to Tokyo, the longstanding New York map hews fairly closely to the image of the city aboveground.Central Park is clearly depicted, as are the individual bodies of water within it; you can see the shape of each borough and the rivers and ocean framing them. Overlaid across it all is a tangled web of subway lines, daunting to the first-time visitor – especially when it comes to distinguishing between local and express trains. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago New York stabbing: Commuter killed in subway system after row with man about shoes

Police New York City say John Sheldon, from Brooklyn, became the victim of this year's first homicide in the Big Apple's subway system - after a reduction in crime in the network in 2024

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9 d. ago Fifty years ago, a young mom traveling with her toddler was raped and shot dead on a roadside. Police finally know who killed her

Phyllis Bailer, 26, was traveling from Indianapolis to Bluffton, Indiana, with her 3-year-old daughter when she was murdered in 1972

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1 week ago Health struggles of 'hardworking dad' whose corpse was sexually abused on subway

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The estranged wife of a dad Jorge Gonzalez, whose corpse was sexually abused on a New York City subway, has paid a heartbreaking tribute and shed light on the demons that plagued him

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1 week ago Man's body sexually abused on New York subway as family remember devoted dad

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jorge Gonzalez died while riding the subway last week, with CCTV cameras capturing the horrifying act by another man.

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1 week ago Widow of man whose corpse was allegedly abused on New York subway tells of shock

Woman identified as Teresa says she was estranged from Jorge Gonzalez, 37, and is worried for her ill mother-in-lawThe widow of a man who died on a New York subway train before his corpse was robbed by two different people and then allegedly sexually violated by one of the assailants says learning of her mostly estranged husband’s grim fate left her “shocked” as well as worried for her ill mother-in-law.In an interview published on Tuesday by the New York Daily News, the woman said the last thing she was expecting was to learn from investigators the horrifying details concerning the death of 37-year-old Jorge Gonzalez as authorities asked for help in finding suspects. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police searching for man who allegedly sexually abused corpse on New York subway

Video captured one person robbing corpse on idling train before another person robbed and sexually assaulted itA man sexually violated a corpse on a New York City subway train after stealing from the body, becoming the second of two people to rob that particular dead person, authorities said recently.One of the more grotesque US crime stories of late unfolded on a southbound R train near the Whitehall Street station in Manhattan at about 12.20am on Wednesday, when “an unidentified individual had sexual contact with an unconscious and unresponsive adult male” in plain view of surveillance cameras, according to a police statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man 'sexually assaults dead body on train after passenger dies suddenly'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - The man allegedly carried out the depraved act on a New York subway train just after midnight on Wednesday - before fleeing the station

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