The NYPD says human remains discovered near Jackie Robinson Parkway have been identified, and the chief medical examiner deemed the death a homicide. Police named the victim as 27-year-old Christina G. Purdie, of Brooklyn. A Department of Transportation worker discovered the skeletal remains of Purdie on Aug. 6 in a grassy area off the parkway near Vermont Place in Queens, according to the NYPD. More on this from News 12 Brooklyn.
