After grim discovery of body in Queens recycling bin, NYPD investigates possible murder

Police are investigating whether a decomposed body recently discovered in a Queens recycling bin was a local man who was the victim of an assault, cops said Tuesday. A cleaner at the TD Bank branch on 164th St. and Union Turnpike in Hillcrest spotted the adult man’s foot sticking out of a blue 55-gallon bin outside around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, cops said. The city Medical Examiner ruled there was no criminality linked to the chilling discovery, but at a news briefing Tuesday, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told the...