Luis Ortiz

Death by Force

On March 6, 1973, Luis Ortiz, a 9-year-old Puerto Rican boy, was found brutally murdered in Manhattan, New York. The male child had been sent by his mother to a local grocery store to purchase milk and bread but never returned home. His body was discovered the following day in the basement stairwell of a building at 200 West 106th Street. The young victim had suffered 38 stab wounds and had been subjected to genital mutilation, a disturbing pattern that linked his death to a series of similar cr ...Read More

Slaying of a 10‐Year‐Old Leaves West Side Fearful

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