Police identify body found in trash can, investigating homicide

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick said authorities are investigating a case involving a body being found in a trash in Syracuse as a homicide.

On Friday, the Syracuse Police Department identified the victim as 55-year-old William D. Mattison Jr. of Syracuse.

The Police Department found Mattison Jr.’s body in a trash can on the 200 block of Herriman St. on Feb. 27.

At the time, officers cordoned off the area and labeled the death as suspicious…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS