Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'jamaica'
May 22, 2008
A yard in Jamaica, Queens was excavated by police after a convicted murderer said he dumped another body there. Gregory Wynder, who is serving a life sentence for the 2001 murder of a Harlem woman, has claimed he killed two other women--claims that Queens detectives believe are true--in a South Jamaica home where a girlfriend lived. A "handcuffed and shackled" Wynder showed detectives where on the 170th Street (near 105th Avenue) lot he supposedly buried......
Continue Reading "Police Dig in Search of Killer's Other Victim"May 9, 2008
Police are still looking for men who abandoned a BMW in Queens after a fatal crash that left a 5-year-old dead. The accident occurred in the section Jamaica, at 109th Avenue and 164th Place. The accident was truly horrific. The boy, Jordan McLean, had been in a Ford Escape with his grandmother and aunt, who was driving. The Daily News reports his aunt "swerved" to avoid the BMW, which was apparently drag-racing, but the BMW......
Continue Reading "Police Search for Suspects in Child's Hit-and-Run Death"May 8, 2008
A 5-year-old boy was ejected from a Ford Escape when a BMW crashed into it around 1a.m. this morning. According to police, the accident occurred at 109th Avenue and 164th Place. The little boy, Jordan McLean, was "reportedly tossed into a brick wall and sustained serious head injuries"; he was pronounced dead at the hospital. His mother and another relative were also injured. The BMW's occupants abandoned the car and fled. The police are......
Continue Reading "5-Year-Old Boy Killed in Queens Car Accident"
