Just think, were it not for the existance of the junkyard, this might have occurred in one of the nearby neighbor's front yards instead...
http://www.morriscrimestoppers.org/homicides.htm
UNSOLVED HOMICIDES
3/6/93 Elbrous Evdoev
On Saturday, March 6, 1993 at approximately 4:41 p.m., the victim, Elbrous Evdoev, AKA "Oslan or Ostep," LKA 3710 Laurel Avenue, Sea Gate, Brooklyn, NY, age 32, was discovered deceased lying over a slight embarkment at the far end of the parking lot at
G.I. Auto Parts, Inc. (auto salvage), 85 Old Bloomfield Avenue, Pine Brook, NJ. The victim, born in Odessa, Russia had been discovered fully clothed and died as a result of gunshot wounds. The victim, a CheChen, was last seen alive at his residence at approximately 8:20 p.m. on 2/15/93 and was the self-appointed President of VIP International, 2163 E 7th Street at Avenue "U", Brooklyn, NY. The victim was suspected to be involved in extortion, black market sales, prostitution, rape, false marriages and other criminal activity and had ties to Russian Organized Crime.
Over the course of the ~8 years that I've been going there, I've seen at least 30 Merkurs come and go. No doubt, that's slowed to trickle over the last couple years.
