Decades Of Evidence Lost In NYPD Warehouse Fire

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports:

Decades-old evidence stored inside an NYPD warehouse has now been completely destroyed by a Tuesday fire. NYPD officials said it will take some time to figure out exactly what was lost and the impact it will have on cold case and cases up for appeal.

The fire at the Erie Basin Auto Pound, a low warehouse situated atop a long, curving breakwater on the Brooklyn waterfront, broke out at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said.

Dr. Darrin Porcher, a retired NYPD lieutenant, said the loss of evidence will tremendously impact cases where defendants are looking to appeal as well as cold cases. Cold cases are very difficult to solve and any and all evidence can be important, he explained.

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A massive fire at an NYPD facility in Brooklyn on Tuesday likely destroyed much of the evidence that was being held there https://t.co/UePz3aSr2z via @citylab

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