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New York plumber murdered on trip to Colombia to meet potential new wife

The Independent·Andrea Cavallier·about 1 month ago
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A New York plumber and father-of-four was murdered during a trip to Colombia to meet his potential new wife, according to friends and local authorities. The body of Nachum Israel Eber, 51, a member of the Boro Park Belz Hasidic community, was found inside a wardrobe left on a street in a remote area of Bogotá Sunday, according to the New York Post. A motive has not been released but early reports indicated Eber had been targeted by a local criminal gang in what authorities believe was a robbery, the Times of Israel reported. The attackers have not been caught. Eber was initially identified as a rabbi, though friends say he worked as a building developer and plumber. The divorced dad had recently connected with a woman in Bogotá’s Hasidic community and traveled to South America to meet her, his friend Motti Dresdner told The Post. “It’s a terrible tragedy,” Dresdner. “A person, a gentleman in his prime.…

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