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COURIER L 26 IFE, JUNE 7–13, 2019 M BR B G
Body found near Pier 4
identifi ed as PLG man
BY COLIN MIXSON
Police have identifi ed a man’s remains
discovered in the water near
Pier 4 in Sunset Park earlier this
year as a Prospect Lefferts Gardens
man.
A family member contacted police
to identify the victim’s body as 33-
year-old Mathew Holley, who resided
on Lefferts Avenue between Bedford
and Rogers avenues, cops said.
A passerby spotted Holley’s remains
fl oating off the coast near the
Brooklyn Army Terminal at 58th
Street at 11:14 a.m. on March 13, and
NYPD Harbor Patrol responded to
collect the body.
The department released images
of Holley’s tattoos, including a money
bag and boxing gloves, to media later
that week in a bid to identify him.
The investigation into his death remains
ongoing, and a cause of death
is pending the Medical Examiner’s report,
according to authorities.
The discovery of Holley’s body
was followed three days later by another
grisly fi nd on May 16, when
some called 911 after spotting a
woman fl oating in Bay Ridge Channel
off 56th Street, and police hauled
her from the water onto Pier 4, where
paramedics pronounced her dead,
cops said.
That woman has since been identifi
ed as 47-year-old Queens resident
Leila Rajnarine, according to a department
spokes person, who noted
that the Medical Examiner will determine
her cause of death.
TELLTALE TAT: Police used Michael Holley’s
tattoos to help identify his body. NYPD
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