AVP is investigating a homicide that occurred in Elmhurst, Queens this weekend as possibly being anti-gay hate violence or intimate partner violence-motivated. At this time, however, no formal motive has yet been determined. Joseph Benzinger, age 54, was found dead in a room at the Crown Motor Inn on Queens Boulevard. According to multiple media sources, the medical examiner concluded Benzinger had been strangled to death. Police are actively investigating Benzinger's death as a homicide.

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