Alexander P. Incorvia

In a quiet wooded area in Middle-island, NY, the body of 26-year-old Alexander P. Incorvia was discovered by a woman walking her dog on a Saturday afternoon in early April 2016. Incorvia, a male resident of a Medford hotel, had been reported missing just a few days prior, having last been seen leaving his residence on a Tuesday morning. The discovery launched a homicide investigation by the Suffolk County Police, who determined that Incorvia had been shot to death. His body was taken to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death.

The investigation quickly led to a suspect, Michael Dirkschneider, a 30-year-old man from Bay Shore. Authorities alleged that Dirkschneider shot and killed Incorvia behind a closed K-Mart store on Middle Country Road. On the same day Incorvia's body was found, police recovered a. 45-caliber handgun, believed to be the murder weapon, from Dirkschneider's dresser. Prosecutors stated that Incorvia had been shot multiple times. A grand jury indicted Dirkschneider for the homicide, and he was subsequently arrested and charged with murder.

Further details emerged revealing that Incorvia and Dirkschneider had met at a methadone clinic in 2014. The motive for the killing was determined to be a robbery that occurred on March 29, 2016, during which Dirkschneider shot Incorvia three times in the head. In April 2017, Michael Dirkschneider pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. As part of his plea deal, he waived his right to an appeal and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. During the sentencing, Incorvia's family had the opportunity to confront his killer, expressing the profound loss of a son and brother who had regarded his murderer as a friend.