Man found hanging from tree inside NYC park after troubling text to roommate: sources

A dead man was found hanging from a tree Wednesday inside Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx – after he heartbreakingly texted his roommate that he had stabbed himself, cops and sources said.

Officers found the body around 1:30 p.m. in a wooded area at Orchard Beach Road and Bartow Circle, after responding to a call of a man hanging in the park, authorities and sources said.

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The man, who has not yet been identified pending family notification, was found with cuts on his left forearm, neck and stomach, and investigators also found a 9mm shell casing nearby, sources said.

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The man was found with cuts on his left forearm, neck, and stomach, sources said.

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The man’s roommate told cops the victim previously texted him, saying he’d stabbed himself, according to the sources.

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