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Mr. Edward SCHEFFER

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  • Name Edward SCHEFFER 
    Title Mr. 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    • Murdered while driving cab
    Person ID I1957  sukunda
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2017 

    Father Mr. Find Out SCHEFFER 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mrs. Beverly TAELMAN,   b. 10 Jan 1933, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2008, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Yanko SUKUNDA, Jr.,   b. 26 Oct 1930, Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 2009, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Stepchild 
    Mother Mrs. Beverly TAELMAN,   b. 10 Jan 1933, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2008, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Notes 
    • Third marriage
    Family ID F635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Body Found in Shirley Said to be Bronx Man The body found in a shallow grave in North Shirley was identified on Friday as an 18- year-old gypsy cab driver reported missing Aug 31 when his vehicle was found abandoned in the Throgs Neck section ool the Bronx with the lights on , the motor running and bullet holes in the floor and blood stains on the seat Suffolk homicide detectives identified the dead man as Edward Scheffer Scheffer 's body was found Sept 4 by two boy s playing along the LILCO right-of-way near Avondale Drive . North Shirley It had been buried in a two-foot grave and Suffolk police said there was more than one smallcaliber bullet wound in (he head Scheffer was employed by the Parkway Limited Private Cab Service at 2907 Bruckner Blvd , the Bronx tor a tew weeks before his death A dispatcher there is reported to have said that Scheffer had begun his 12-hour tour at () -3() the night he disappeared "He was working the Throgs Neck section ," the dispatchher said "We 've had a couple of holdups there but not many They found $15 on the seat so it doesn 't look like a robbery to me ," he said The dead cabbie had been living in the Bronx with his stepfather said his mother , Mrs. Beverly Sukunda who lives in New Jersey Mrs Sukunda also expressed doubts about whether her son was robbed A detective at the Eighth Homicide-Assault Division in the Bronx said a check of the dispatcher 's records showed the car had not been out ol contact lor more than an hour before police found it on Davis Avenue
    • The article is taken from ‘the long island advance’ local newspaper from Thursday 13.9.1973

      http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1973-09-13/ed-1/seq-15.pdf