A 19-year-old man was found dead with suspicious injuries to his body inside his Staten Island home Tuesday morning — in a disturbing case investigators are treating as a suspected homicide, sources told The Post.
Police were called to a New Springville apartment on Elmwood Park Drive at 11:10 a.m. for reports of an unconscious person.
Officers arrived to find the teen unresponsive in the home’s living room, cops and sources said. He was declared dead at the scene, according to the NYPD.
Police carry evidence out of a Staten Island home where a teen was found dead in a suspected homicide on Aug. 18, 2026. William C Lopez/NYPost
The victim’s body was cold and had protruding ribs. He also had swelling and bruising around his wrists and ankles — as well as signs consistent with malnourishment, sources familiar with the investigation said.
The teen’s mother, who placed the 911 call, provided first responders with a narrative that sources said was inconsistent with the physical findings at the scene.
Police were called to a New Springville residence on Elmwood Park Drive at 11:10 a.m. for reports of an unconscious person. William C Lopez/NYPost
Neighbors at the apartment building told The Post they never saw the 19-year-old or even knew he existed.
First-floor resident Anthony Tedesco, 40, said he only ever saw an adult man who lived in the apartment where the teen died.
He said he saw the man Tuesday when cops were at the building and he had told him his son had died.
“I didn’t even know he had a son,” Tedesco said.
The investigation into the teen’s death remains ongoing. Crime scene investigators brought out at least five brown bags of evidence Tuesday night.
There have been no arrests.