New York City – A woman’s body was found floating in the East River near a busy Queens park on Sunday morning, 50 yards from an abandoned blood-soaked Mercedes, police and sources said.
An NYPD official told The Post that police responded to a 911 call regarding an unconscious person in the water near Fort Totten at Cross Island Boulevard and Totten Road at 11:15 a.m.
Police said they found a 45-year-old lady unresponsive and EMS confirmed her deceased at the scene.
Sources say a pedestrian saw the body drifting down the rocky shoreline near a popular jogging path in Little Bay Park beside the Throgs Neck Bridge.
A white Mercedes E-class with New York plates was parked 50 yards away with blood on the rear driver-side door.
The medical examiner, who will determine the woman’s cause of death, took images of the car’s inside before seeing the body on Sunday.
The car’s white leather interior had blood, including a pool on the driver’s seat, sources claimed.
Police suppressed the woman’s identify until family notification.
The sanguine sight in the calm neighborhood surprised locals.
“I lived here my whole life, and never saw a crime scene here,” said Max, a 48-year-old from nearby Whitestone.
“This is terrible. A dead body lying right there next to the jogging path and the car with blood on the doors? My daughter asked me if they were shooting a movie.”
“It makes no sense,” he continued. “This is the busiest spot anywhere around, especially on Sundays. Everybody comes here to ride their bikes, rollerblade, go for a walk with their dog.”
“This is insane that it’s right here in the middle of it.”