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Case of a Check-Cashing Corpse Is Dismissed

... “If the medical examiner couldn’t tell his time of death, and they are the professionals, then how could we?” Mr. Daloia asked, standing on the stoop of his building ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/nyregion/23corpse.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin


Judge tosses case against men who wheeled cadaver around
BY ANDREW STRICKLER

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8:00 PM EDT, April 22, 2008

... James O'Hare and David Daloia gained worldwide attention early this year when they were nabbed by an off-duty detective who noticed their friend's stiff body outside a Hell's Kitchen check cashing business ... http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nycorp0423,0,3864436.story


2 men cleared of trying to cash corpse's check in NYC
By SAMUEL MAULL – 13 hours ago

... James O'Hare and David J. Daloia say their roommate ... was alive when they left home bound for a check-cashing store Jan. 8, and that they had standing permission to cash each other's checks when pooling household expenses ...

The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men where he was, and O'Hare told the clerk they would go and get him, police reported. By then, the body had attracted passers-by, including a police detective.

O'Hare and Daloia said they were distraught over the loss of Cintron, their longtime friend ...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCJiitHw_Ma_H9SUqnFsLuu4AOkAD90707E02