An abducted Brooklyn landlord came to a gruesome end when his smoldering body was found in a dumpster outside a Long Island gas station. Now cops are focusing on Menachem Stark’s business associates and contacts to determine whether any of his financial dealings led to his murder.
Stark, 39, who a source said died of suffocation, suffered a string of foreclosures in recent years on apartment buildings he owned with partners. Investigators believe he may have been involved in a scam, selling the foreclosed properties on the cheap to his own associates.
Stark had just left his Rutledge St. office around 11:35 p.m. Thursday when two men grabbed him, bound him with duct tape and tossed him into a light-colored Dodge Caravan. Surveillance video shows the kidnappers speeding off in the midst of heavy snowfall.
Sources said Stark — who was known to carry large amounts of cash, despite mounting financial woes — had $4,000 in his wallet when he was snatched off the street outside his South Side Associates office. As relatives prayed for a miracle, Stark’s burning body was found just before 4 p.m. Friday at a Getty gas station in Great Neck — 16 miles from where the tragic drama began.
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