Three months after Colombian Carlos Buritica was found dead in his apartment in Queens (NYC), the forensic examination determined that he was the victim of a homicide.
Buritica, 45, was found on the bedroom floor of his luxury apartment on 110th St. near 15th Ave. in College Point on October 20, 2024, police said.
The Hispanic man was known for walking his French bulldog Yoda around the neighborhood and had moved into the building about a year before his death, neighbors said.
“Our dogs played together and he was a good person,” she told Daily News a resident who did not want to give her name. “We were very, very shocked (by his death). We thought that This building was very quiet. “You can’t hear the neighbors at all.”
At first it was thought he had died from a drug overdose, but they quickly realized he had been shot, police sources said. However, it wasn’t until this week that the case was officially declared a homicide.
In late October the New York Police Department posted posters in the neighborhood about Buritica’s death, offering a $3,500 reward for any information. Since then the mystery remains unsolved.
No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
This week, also in Queens, a Hispanic “super” was found dead wrapped in bags under the bed of an apartment where he had supposedly gone to collect long-overdue rent. Yesterday, a 48-year-old woman was arrested as a suspect.
