Man Found Dead On Route 133 Was Killed In Yonkers

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Luis Blanco, the 62-year-old Yonkers resident who was found dead on Route 133 in Ossining in August was originally killed in Yonkers, police said.

Joaquin Recinos-Garcia.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Ossining Police*

Sam Barron

09/21/2015 4:30 p.m.

Blanco sustained several stab wounds to his neck and torso and was shot in the head, police said, in an incident that occurred north of Yonkers Avenue.

Joaquin Recinos-Garcia, a 27-year-old Yonkers resident. was charged with second-degree murder. Recinos-Garcia allegedly owed Blanco $1300.

Recinos-Garcia was arraigned on Saturday and was remanded to Westchester County Jail without bail.

On Aug. 24, a nun from Maryknoll was jogging on Route 133 at the intersection of Tavano Road and Somerstown Road when she observed a deceased Blanco slightly off the roadway.

An autopsy later determined Blanco's death was a homicide.

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