Suspect Charged In Death Of Man Found In Bronx Stairwell
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A man has been charged with murder in the death of a 68-year-old man whose body was found in a stairwell late last month in the Melrose section of the Bronx.
Arnell Jones, 54, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the death of Eric Simmons, police said.
They found Simmons, 68, unresponsive in a ninth-floor stairwell, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Simmons had suffered severe head trauma, police said.
Police have not provided details of what they believe happened.
