NYC ‘rabbi’ found murdered and dismembered in Colombia was there to meet new wife, pal says
Nachum Israel Eber, a 51-year-old Hasidic man from Brooklyn, was found dismembered in Bogota, Colombia, after traveling there to meet a potential new wife, according to a friend. Colombian authorities discovered his body inside a blood-soaked wardrobe, though they initially misidentified him as a rabbi. The motive remains unclear, but police suspect he may have been targeted by gangs preying on tourists.
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Metro NYC ‘rabbi’ found murdered and dismembered in Colombia was there to meet new wife, pal says By Reuven Fenton and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published April 30, 2026, 3:04 p.m. ET A Hasidic dad from Brooklyn whose body was dismembered and dumped by Colombian thugs was in South America to meet a potential new wife, a close pal told The Post. Nachum Israel Eber, 51, a member of the Boro Park Belz Hasidic community, was found dismembered inside a bloody wardrobe that was dumped on a street in Bogota on Sunday. Colombian authorities and media mistook the visitor from the Big Apple as a rabbi — though his friends say he was not. “It’s a terrible tragedy,” close friend Motti Dresdner said on Thursday. “A person, a gentleman in his prime.
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