Dead Jazzman Found in Trunk

Body of Stanley Wright found stashed in his Brooklyn home
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2011 8:36 AM CDT
Missing Jazzman Stanley Wright Found in Trunk
Police outside the home of Stanley Wright.   (New York Daily News video screenshot)

The body of beloved Brooklyn jazz musician Stanley Wright was found stuffed inside a trunk in the basement of his home several days after he had last been seen. Police searched the Brownsville home of the 61-year-old, who performed under the name Suleiman-Hakim and was last heard from on Thursday, after his son reported him missing, the New York Daily News reports. Police haven't classified the death as a homicide yet, but relatives suspect foul play.

Wright's car is gone but valuables, including instruments, were left in the home. A back window was missing in the basement, notes the Daily News, and a relative who stopped by his home on Saturday found the front door unlocked and the house noticeably messy. "This is crazy," his great-niece said. "Who would do something like that to him? He was a musician. He was a great man." Wright was the father of three children, including Blade and Dead Presidents actress N'Bushe Wright. (More Stanley Wright stories.)

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