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Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Friday, Feb. 7, that a Bronx man has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally beating a 64-year-old man and leaving his body in the private ambulette the victim drove for a living.
In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The victim went to his ambulette to start his workday and was later found fatally beaten. It was a brutal attack for which the defendant has been brought to justice. Peter Forrest was a musician known by many people in The Bronx and inspired many.”
Clark said Sharief Bodden, 29, of Unionport Road in Parkchester was indicted on second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, and was arraigned on Friday before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Geroge Villegas. She said he was remanded in custody and is due back in court in May.
According to the investigation, on Jan. 13, at around 6.30 a.m., Peter Forrest, 64, a driver for Marquis Ambulette, found his work vehicle’s door damaged near Astor Avenue and Bronxwood Avenue in the Morris Park section of The Bronx and called his supervisor. When his boss attempted to call him back, Forrest didn’t answer.
His supervisor traced the vehicle’s GPS and found it around 11:00 a.m., near Hart Street and Castle Hill Avenue in Castle Hill with the victim’s body inside. The investigation determined Bodden was allegedly in the vehicle when Forrest discovered it damaged and then allegedly attacked Forrest, killing him in the process.
Prosecutors said Forrest went by the moniker P. Fluid and was the front man of rock band, 24/7 Spyz. They said he was part of the movement that led to the Black Rock Coalition.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Homicide Counsel John Miras under the supervision of Burim Namani, deputy chief of the Homicide Bureau, Christine Scaccia, chief of the Homicide Bureau, and under the overall supervision of James Brennan, deputy chief of the Trial Division and Theresa Gottlieb, chief of the Trial Division.
Clark thanked NYPD Detective Tomor Beris of the 43rd Precinct Detective Squad, and Detective Jonathan Burke from the Bronx Homicide Squad.
Bodden is deemed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.
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