Crime & Safety

Search For Answers After 91-Year-Old Nicholas Rappa Found Dead After Being Tied Up, Beaten, Possibly Suffocated In His Bronx Garage

Now officers are looking for a man who was seen at the house wearing a construction vest.

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August 5, 2021

Police are continuing to investigate after a 91-year-old man was found dead, tied up inside his garage in the Bronx.

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Now officers are looking for a man who was seen at the house wearing a construction vest.

As CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reports, neighbors are still stunned that 91-year-old Nicholas Rappa was found unconscious, bound by an electrical cord inside nice garage.

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