Staten Island Man Found Dead Behind Pizzeria Was Drunk Hours Earlier

A Staten Island man was found dead behind a local pizzeria on Sunday morning. According to a neighbor, the victim, identified as 34-year-old Julio Morocho, was drunk and asked to be taken to the pizza joint just hours before his body was discovered. Surveillance video captured two people, allegedly including the neighbor, wheeling Morocho to the pizzeria shortly after 2 a.m. The neighbor claimed that Morocho was not injured and only needed help getting up. However, the victim’s roommate told cops that he took “a narcotic in powder form” earlier in the night and dropped him off outside after he found him “unresponsive.” The cause of Morocho’s death is still under investigation, and no one has been charged.

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