A family friend of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins was found dead Tuesday morning inside the basement of the football player’s New Jersey home.
Prosecutors and police in Bergen County confirmed 25-year-old music producer Roosevelt Rene was discovered by a house worker at the residence located on 14 Van Saun Place in Fair Lawn.
Officials are investigating Rene’s death as possible strangulation and suffocation, NFL Network reporter Mike Garafolo said on Twitter this afternoon.
The 29-year-old was said to have had been in Florida – where he is from – at the time police and a coroner arrived.
Roosevelt Rene, a family friend of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins, was found dead in the football player’s home in New Jersey early Tuesday
New York Giants cornerback Jenkins, pictured above in July 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was said to be out-of-state at the time a house worker found the body
Police are investigating the possible homicide. Jenkins (seen in October 2017 during the National Football League game between the New York Giants and the Los Angeles Chargers) was in Florida this morning when a house worker made the discovery
A source told ESPN a man claiming to be the cornerback’s brother boarded a JetBlue flight from Newark to Fort Lauderdale Monday night to allegedly meet Jenkins.
The individual said Jenkins’ brother, however, got off of the plane ‘because he was too scared to fly.’ The incident reportedly resulted in flight delays.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office released a statement on the matter.
‘The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Fair Lawn Police Department are investigating a death,’ Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said earlier Tuesday.
Prosecutors previously said the victim did not reside at the home, but later released an update suggesting Rene had moved in recently.
Jenkins home in Fairlawn, New Jersey is shown, where the man’s body was found early Tuesday in the basement
Police investigating at the scene where a person was found dead inside of 14 Van Saun Place in Fair Lawn
Prosecutors and police in Bergen County are currently investigating the possible homicide
Jenkins, the owner of the home, was said to have had been in Florida at the time police and a coroner arrived
Officials are investigating the Rene’s death as possible strangulation and suffocation, NFL Network reporter Mike Garafolo said on Twitter this afternoon
A source told ESPN a man claiming to be the cornerback’s brother boarded a JetBlue flight from Newark to Fort Lauderdale to allegedly meet Jenkins
Further investigation is currently underway. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
The football star purchased the Fair Lawn home for $500,000 in 2016, according to NJ.com.
The cornerback signed a five-year deal with the New York Giants in March of that year.
Jenkins was ranked the 25th top cornerback in the league during his time with the St. Louis Rams in 2015.
The football star purchased the Fair Lawn home for $500,000 in 2016. He is seen above in February 2017 in Houston, Texas