The man found dead in his Jersey City apartment yesterday had clothes and concrete on top of his body, Hudson County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Gene Rubino said.

Around 3:35 p.m. yesterday, the Jersey City Fire Department responded to 55 Corbin Ave. in Jersey City to check on the well-being of a 66-year-old man living in one of the apartments, Rubino said.

The fire department forced their way into the apartment and discovered the man, whose name has not been released, with clothes piled on top of him and hardened cement on top of the clothing and body, Rubino said.

Citing unnamed sources, 1010 WINS described the it as a "concrete box'' that firefighters chipped away at to find the body.



The man was pronounced dead at the scene and appeared to be in a stage of decomposition, Rubino said.

Officials believe that the man lived there alone but that a relative may have been staying with him recently.

While the death is considered suspicious, Rubino said it has not been ruled a homicide and is pending futher investigation from police and the Regional Medical Examiner's Office, police said.

The man's name is being withheld until next of kin is notified, police said.

Neighbors told The Jersey Journal last night that the man was quiet, genial and educated. In addition, he liked to play rock 'n' roll and jazz "oldies," one neighbor said.

In an eerie twist, the building is the same one where a woman's body was found in a basement apartment in 2001. The body was in a black garbage bag wrapped with rope and tape. Her boyfriend was charged with the murder.