NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A murder victim's remains were discovered in a Staten Island park earlier this year — and police are asking for the public's help identifying him, the NYPD said Wednesday.
Police responding to a 911 call on Jan. 17 found the skeletal remains of an approximately 15- to 22-year-old male inside Mariners Marsh Park, the department said.
On Wednesday, the NYPD released renderings of the clothes, shoes and headband the victim was wearing when he died.
Renderings of the headband and shoes the victim was wearing when he died.NYPD
The victim stood between 4-foot-11 and 5-foot-5 and was wearing a brown headband, a blue long-sleeved shirt, a white shirt emblazoned with the words "Island All Star Cheerleader" and brown Timberland boots at his time of death, police said.
The city's Medical Examiner deemed the victim's death a murder on April 1, the NYPD said.
Anyone with information about the victim's death is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
