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In March 2000 his dismembered remains were discovered. Steen Fenrich entered the Army in July 1997, and served nine months before he was discharged. However, no one filed a missing person"s report on Fenrich.
On March 21, 2000, the remains of Steen Fenrich were found stored in a plastic blue tub by a man walking through Alley Pond Park, in Bayside, Queens.
The tub contained a skull that had been burned by acid, a foot with some flesh still on it, and other body parts. The remains were identified as those of Steen Fenrich by his Social Security number, which had been written on the skull, along with racial and homophobic slurs.
Police said they had not yet told family members that Steen Fenrich"s remains had been dismembered. Fenrich disapproved of his son"s homosexuality and was angered by his request to return home.
On March 22, 2000, after talking to News 12, John Fenrich suddenly bolted from an interview with police in his home, climbed on the roof, fired guns and begged police to shoot him after declaring "I"m a failure as a father."
After an eight-hour standoff, John Fenrich committed suicide by shooting himself in the head
