Brooklyn man's death re-classified as homicide
The case of a Brooklyn man found dead inside his home in 2014 is now being re-classified as a homicide, police say. Police say they discovered the badly decomposing remains of 69-year-old Anthony Defonte
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Dec 30, 2015, 7:03 PM
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Updated 3,262 days ago
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The case of a Brooklyn man found dead inside his home in 2014 is now being re-classified as a homicide, police say.
Police say they discovered the badly decomposing remains of 69-year-old Anthony Defonte last year.
But, a medical examiner says Defone may have actually suffered a gunshot wound in an incident stemming back from 1979.
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