(NEW YORK)- An 80-year-old man was found dead in a Staten Island apartment building with the words “I touch little girls” scrawled across his body, cops said Tuesday.
The elderly man was found just after 9:30 a.m. Monday inside the first-floor hallway of 256 Corson Ave., according to police.
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Cops also found the words “I take dolls in my room for girls age 1-5” on his stomach and “I touch” on his right foot, according to police sources.
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Though the man had 24 prior arrests to his name, his record did not suggest a known history of pedophilia, sources said.
His name does not appear in the state’s online registry of known sex offenders.
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