A Long Island man today yelled "I'm sorry for what I did" after being charged with fatally beating his 56-year-old friend during an argument, and then hiding the corpse under a container in a neighbor's yard over the Christmas holidays.
"I'm extremely sorry," a handcuffed Edward Brown, 46, shouted to reporters after being arraigned in Nassau County First District court on a charge of second-degree murder in the slaying of his pal Nunzio Izzo in Glen Cove, LI.
"I'm sorry for what I did," said Brown, who responded "no" when asked by a reporter if he killed Izzo over drugs.
James Messerschmidt
Edward Brown is escorted from Nassau County Police Headquarters.
Cops claim that Brown -- who was ordered held without bail -- repeatedly beat Izzo in the head and face, killing him, according to a criminal complaint.
Izzo was last seen just before midnight on Dec. 17 in Brown's home on Madeline Place, Glen Cove, near North Shore University Hospital, according to authorities.
After Izzo's relatives reported him missing, town and Nassau County police opened an investigation on Dec. 20.
A "silver alert" also was issued for the missing Glen Cove resident Izzo, who had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted in him, and also was taking medications to prevent epileptic seizures.
During the investigation, cops came into possession of some rings that belonged to Izzo, according to Nassau County Police Homicide Squad Detective Lt. John Azzata. He declined to elaborate on how police found the rings.
Early this morning, police found Izzo’s body in the back yard of a vacant Dosoris Way residence close to Brown's home, Azzata said.
The body, which suffered "severe trauma," was underneath a container, which was covered by a tarp, cops said.
Several hours later, Brown was arrested for murdering Izzo, according to Azzata.
"We believe that Mr. Brown was a friend of the deceased. We believe him and the decedent had an argument that evening" that Izzo last was seen, Azzata said. "They've been acquaintances for years."
Azzata declined to say what police believe the argument was about.
Brown is next due to appear in court on Tuesday.
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