A man whose face was wrapped in duct tape and feet encased in concrete when his body washed ashore in New York City this week died of asphyxia, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office said on Friday.
The body of the 28-year-old victim, Peter Martinez of Brooklyn, was wrapped in garbage bags and his arms were tied behind him when he was found on Monday along the shore in the borough's Sheepshead Bay area.
'The cause of death is asphyxia, including covering of the mouth and nose by duct tape,' said Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson in a statement. 'The manner of death is homicide.'
Martinez was identified by a fingerprint and the tattoo of the Virgin Mary with a rose on his back.
Police sources told DNA Info that Martinez was in the Bobby Shmurda-linked G Stone Crips crew.
Sources told the newspaper Martinez owed cash to someone and was missing for three weeks.
Shmurda was arrested in 2014. The rapper is in jail with bail set at $2million and faces various charges.
Convicted on ID theft charges, Martinez was given a two-year sentence in 2011, according to The New York Daily News.
Martinez also had 31 arrests under his belt, the newspaper reported.
A Kingsborough College student came across the corpse, NBC New York reported.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the TV station: 'This individual was wrapped in plastic bags and his arms were tied behind him and his feet were submerged in concrete.
'Obviously a homicide.'
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