Yonkers Police Investigate Gruesome Discovery Near Mount Vernon Bridge

YONKERS, NY — Early on August 5, the Yonkers Police Department was called to the vicinity of the Oak Street bridge, near the jurisdictional boundary with Mount Vernon, following reports of a body found under disturbing circumstances.

Initially reported as a fire near the bridge, first responders from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety and the Mount Vernon Fire Department arrived to extinguish the flames.

They discovered a l...