The death of a 26-year-old mother found in the trunk of a car in Queens on Wednesday has been ruled a homicide, the New York City medical examiner said Friday..
WAKEFIELD, Queens (WABC) The death of a missing woman whose body was found in the trunk of a car in Queens has been ruled a homicide by the medical examiner s office.
An autopsy done on 26-year-old Destini Smothers body found blunt impact injury to her head including a skull fracture and brain injury.
Smothers had been missing for four months when her body was discovered in the trunk of a car Wednesday morning.
Authorities say the vehicle was parked on Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park with no license plates and was being towed when the body was discovered.