The victim was identified as Edwin Echevarria, a 65-year-old man from the Lower East Side — and his alleged killer is his 23-year-old roommate, police said.

The NYPD Harbor Unit spotted a suitcase containing the remains of Edwin Echevarria, 65, on Feb. 5. EMS personnel pronounced Echevarria dead at Pier 16, where the suitcase was transported. Millet allegedly made statements linking himself to the crime,

A New York man has been charged with murder after his 65-year-old roommate's torso was discovered in a suitcase floating in the East River earlier this month. On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 5, the NYPD Harbor Unit made a grisly discovery when it fished a suitcase out of the East River near Governor’s Island and discovered a human torso inside,