EditorialPolice dogs hunt for clues near a Brooklyn pawnshop, at the corner of Atlantic and Pennsylvania Avenues, outside which a dismembered body was found on March 3, 2022. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialPolice tape surrounds the Brooklyn pawnshop, at the corner of Atlantic and Pennsylvania Avenues, outside which a dismembered body was found on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialPolice tape surrounded the Brooklyn pawnshop, at the corner of Atlantic and Pennsylvania Avenues, outside which a dismembered body was found on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialThe standup bass that has been in the possession of Manny Vidal, a pawnshop owner in Jersey City, N.J., for nearly 40 years, on Sept. 22, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialManny Vidal, a pawnshop owner in Jersey City, N.J., poses for a portrait with the standup bass that has been in his possession for nearly 40 years, Sept. 22, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)