Read more news every day at Queens' powerful news source, QNS.com NYC's Largest Real Estate Section 50¢ VOL. 108, NO. 25 JANUARY 19 — 25, 2017 SPECIAL SECTION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK See Page 14 Glendale businesses say plaza project is killing them Cops: Grandma in Ridgewood was murdered BY ROBERT POZARYCKI RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM @ROBBPOZ The death of an 85-year-old woman whose body was found in her Ridgewood home fi ve months aft er her demise has been ruled a homicide, police announced on Tuesday night, Jan. 17. The city’s Medical Examiner’s offi ce determined that Erika Kraus-Breslin succumbed in May of 2016 to homicidal asphyxiation via neck compression, according to law enforcement sources. Kraus-Breslin shared her 65th Street home with her 30-year-old grandson, Christopher Fuhrer, who was arrested in October for allegedly hiding his grandmother’s body inside the residence. As of press time Wednesday, Jan. 18, Fuhrer had not been charged with Kraus-Breslin’s death, but the homicide investigation is ongoing, police sources said. Offi cers from the 104th Precinct found Kraus-Breslin’s body on the aft ernoon of Oct. 5, 2016, while making a wellness check to her home on 65th Street near 68th Avenue. Aft er she died, Fuhrer allegedly painted her body, wrapped it in 16 plastic bags and placed air fresheners throughout the home in order to mask the stench of death. The New York Daily News reported that Fuhrer claimed he didn’t report her death right away out of fear that he would lose his home. Following questioning, Fuhrer was arrested and charged with concealment of a human corpse, not reporting a death and burial/body removal without proper permit; he remains held on $350,000 bail, according to court records. Photo: Robert Pozarycki/RIDGEWOOD TIMES See Page 8 SINCE 1908 M.V. bridge work will fi nally start See Page 6
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