Body of man who shot himself in car was buried under snow for a WEEK

By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
Last updated at 7:10 PM on 1st February 2011

A man found dead in a car buried beneath several feet of snow shot himself a week earlier, police revealed today.

The corpse of the man, who apparently shot himself last week, was discovered early today in Queens, New York.

The victim, named locally as Kevin Ronan, 36, was uncovered in the early hours of this morning near 162 St and Laburnham Avenue in Flushing.

Grisly find: The car in which the dead body was found shot to death in Queens after being buried in snow for up to a wee

Police believe he killed himself in the car with a shotgun which was found at the scene. He could have been dead for as long as a week.

A man thought to be his father arrived at around 3am and began to remonstrate with police.

'That's my son,' a witness said he screamed.

'I want to see him. I want to see him! That's his brother. Let us see him!'

One resident who lives across the street said he didn't recall hearing a shot fired.

'I never thought anything of the car being there for a few days,' he said.

'The car behind it has been buried under snow for three weeks now. People leave their cars buried around here. It didn't make me look twice.'

The Quirky Globe