Body, Wrapped In Plastic, Found By Brooklyn Driver

Early yesterday morning, a driver discovered a body wrapped in plastic under his car in the Greenwood Heights (or Sunset Park) section of Brooklyn. Ashraf Ali told the Post, "My friend looked out of the car and saw a leg sticking out. I thought he was joking."

When Ali, who had driven just 15 feet from the Dunkin' Donuts factory where he works, looked out, he saw a hand under the car, "I saw a clear plastic bag with a body. I was so scared, I was shaking." Another co-worker said, "He saw feet without any shoes on sticking out... He looked like he had seen a ghost. It's horrible."

Police said the body was of Daniel Vargas, 19, of Bensonhurst. According to the Daily News, the ME's office classified his death as a homicide, since he was "strangled and suffered multiple skull fractures consistent with being beaten with blunt and sharp-edged objects... Investigators believe Vargas was killed elsewhere and dumped from a truck outside the doughnut factory." Vargas' neighbors were shocked, with one saying, "He was quiet, respectful. He was a nice kid."

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By Jen Chung in News on December 25, 2009 9:15 AM

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joeykid1

i knew this kid very well to and its foul wat has had happen and its foul you people makes jokes about it ...he was humanbeing..no matter wat he did..he didnt derseve this shit his was 19 years old he left behind baby its horriable wat if something like this happen to yous?rip danny

Algieba

I STILL CAN'T BELIVE THERE IS THESE KINDS OF PPL IN EARTH...NO WONDER THE WORLD IS THE WAY IT IS...THIS WAS MY COUSIN FOR GOD'S SAKE, YOU PPL NEED TO LEARN ABOUT RESPECT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ANIMAL THIS WAS A HUMANBEING, A YOUNG GUY FULL OF LIFE NOW GONE AND LIVING BEHIND A 4 MONTH OLD BABY. I BELIEVE YOU PPL DONT EVEN HAVE A MOTHER. MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!! RIP DANNY...

BABYGIRL51

I KNEW THIS PERSON VERY WELL AND I FEEL YOU PEOPLE NEED TO FIND OUT THE FACTS BEFORE YOU JOKE AROUND. HE WAS 19YRS OLD AND WAS MISSING FOR 5 DAYS BEFORE THEY FOUND HIM. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FOUND THIS WAY ON XMAS EVE. THINK ABOUT HIS FAMILY. HEARTLESS PEOPL THATS WHY THE WORLD SUCKS THE WAY IT DOES.