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NYPD: Man found dead in Upper Manhattan house

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MANHATTAN, NY (PIX11) — A man was found dead in a Morningside Heights home early Saturday morning, police said.

Police identified the man as 40-year-old Edgardo Guillermo Ortiz Palacious after he was found unconscious and unresponsive in his home at 3:15 a.m., according to the NYPD. Emergency responders took him to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he was pronounced dead.

The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the victim’s cause of death; the investigation is ongoing.

Provide police with information by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Charline Charles is a Brooklyn-based digital journalist who has covered local news and culture and arts in the New York City area since 2019. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work Here.

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