Body found in shopping cart set on fire in Yonkers, police say

YONKERS, N.Y. (PIX11) — An investigation led by the Yonkers Police Department is underway after a gruesome discovery. A body was found in a shopping cart after it was set on fire.

The body was found by a Westchester County Public Safety police officer and the Mount Vernon Fire Department, which came here to extinguish a fire, not knowing it was this body. It is not clear if the victim was killed here or elsewhere.

“It is a shock for the community. Hopefully, they will find...