A teenager who was reported missing from his Brooklyn home last week was discovered dead on freight train lines the next day – shot in the head and with extensive burns, police revealed Friday.
Deandre Matthews, 19, has not been seen since around 5:45 p.m., when he left his residence on East 56th Street near Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush. Monday, officials said.
Less than twenty-four hours later, investigators discovered Matthews with “significant burn wounds through his body” and a gunshot wound to the head, lying on freight train lines around three miles distant on Nostrand Avenue — only feet from the Brooklyn College campus, officials said.
Matthews, who had smoke inhalation signs, was declared dead at the location.
Friday, police revealed that his death had been declared a homicide.
No arrests had been made as of Friday morning, nor were the circumstances surrounding his death immediately known.
»Missing Brooklyn teen found dead on freight train tracks, shot in the head and burnt.«