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I doubt his height was entered incorrectly, as it's listed the same in both feet (5'0") and inches (60). However, I had the same thought as you: that his face (and neck) look too slender for someone who weighed 140 at five-foot-zero.
Freezing to death can be ruled out for July 3rd in NYC, but I too thought his face possibly showed signs of beating or other trauma (Possibly run down by a hit-and-run driver?). I'm not sure though, if those apparent marks on his face are the result of lighting when the photo was taken, or discoloration of some unknown cause.
Also, while 5'0" is extremely short for an adult male -assuming forensics correctly estimated the deceased's age- it is not indicative of dwarfism, which is defined as adults 4'10" or shorter.
A word about the location where the body was discovered: In that pre-gentrification era, that section of Brooklyn was extremely desolate and sketchy, especially nearby, closer to the East River. There were rubble-strewn vacant lots, acres of abandoned industrial buildings (the result of tax delinquency and bankruptcies), burned-out hulks of cars, people gathered around trash-can bonfires, open-air drug sales (including the hard stuff, such as heroin), and street prostitution. It was an apocalyptic landscape that might be difficult to grasp for someone only familiar with contemporary Brooklyn.
It's possible the deceased was just in the wrong place at the wrong time -especially if it was after dark- and was robbed and murdered. Or he could have been in the area for drugs and/or a sex worker, got rolled, and was fatally beaten.
The thing that really puzzles me about this case is the description of the deceased being found wearing "sunglasses with black tape on inside of lenses." What the Hell? What could possibly be the reason for that? My initial knee-jerk thought on reading that was "Huh? Was this guy cosplaying as a blind man?" Because no other explanation seemed to make sense.
On further thought though, I wonder if the killer(s) did that to camouflage the condition of the victim's face while transporting the corpse to the dumping spot, in case they were seen by anyone? Then they could give the possibly-plausible excuse that they were "helping out" a friend who was passed out drunk.
