The man whose body was found hog-tied and dumped in the grass off a Queens highway has been identified as a real estate agent, as investigators turn their focus to why he was killed and who may have done it.

A man who was found tied at the hands and feet with head trauma off a highway in Queens this week has been identified as a realtor and Haitian immigrant.

The dead man found hog-tied on the side of a highway earlier this week has been identified as a 57-year-old Queens resident as NYPD detectives launch a homicide investigation, police said Friday. Emmanuel Moncoeur’s hands and feet were tied together when his decomposed body was found in the weeds off a section of the Clearview Expressway near Union Turnpike that cuts through Cunningham Park at

What started out as a missing person's case has ended in a homicide investigation in Queens. Police sources say a real estate broker was murdered, and as CBS News New York's John Dias reports, his body was dumped on the side of a highway.

Police said they were investigating the death as a homicide after finding Emmanuel Moncoeur with head trauma and his hands bound.