New York man charged with 1976 cold case killing of World War I veteran

NYC man, 74, wears a hearing aid in court as he's charged with murdering and dismembering World War I veteran then burying his body in a Queens back yard 45 years ago Martin Motta, 74, appeared in court in New York City on Friday afternoon He is charged with murdering and dismembering George Seitz in 1976 Seitz was an 81-year-old WWI veteran who was on his way to the barbershop He was attacked by Motta then chopped up and placed in a backyard His remains were reported to police in 2019 by an anonymous tip who named Martin Motta as the killer Motta was the owner of the barbershop where Seitz had planned to get his haircut The elderly man had PTSD and carried all of his money on his person - Motta stole it from him then killed him

By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 21:52 GMT, 3 December 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 3 December 2021

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A 74-year-old New York City man accused of murdering and dismembering a World War I veteran then burying his body parts in a backyard in Queens 45 years ago.

Martin Motta, 74, has been charged with the December 1976 death of George Clarence Seitz, who disappeared on his way to the barbershop.

The crime was solved after an anonymous caller phoned the police in 2019 to report precisely where the George's remains were.

The caller was the person who lived in the house where he was buried. They didn't know who the victim was or why Motta chose their home to place Seitz's body in.

Seitz was 81 when he was murdered. He'd had PTSD.

Martin Motta, 74, appears in court in Queens, New York on Friday afternoon charged with the 1976 murder of World War I vet George Seitz

George Seitz is shown in a photo taken when he was in the army between 1914 and 1918. He was 81 when he died in 1976

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