Staten Island man Anthony Lopez seen rolling dead body of 'topless wife' hunted by police

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Manhunt is underway on Staten Island for suspect seen rolling the dead body of a black woman in her late 20s on a metal dolly early Friday morning
Anthony Lopez, 31, is suspected by police to have been pushing the body
The woman is allegedly Lopez's wife, whose identity hasn't been released
He is known to police because he has an extensive criminal history
Police are using a canine unit and helicopters to try and locate Lopez

Published: 14:16 EST, 20 May 2016 | Updated: 19:48 EST, 20 May 2016

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Police are looking to question Anthony Lopez (pictured), 31, who is suspected of wheeling the dead body of a black woman in her late 20s on a metal dolly in Staten Island, New York

A man who was spotted rolling the dead body of a woman on a dolly in New York is wanted by police.

The man, suspected to be Anthony Lopez, 31, was allegedly seen rolling the body along 42 Post Lane on Staten Island at 7.10am, on Friday.

When Lopez was questioned by a plain clothed detective he abandoned the body of the woman, officers said.

The topless body of a black female, age 25 to 30 years old, was wrapped in a blanket on the metal dolly, according to CBS New York.

New York Daily News reported the woman is allegedly Lopez's 26-year-old wife.

The detective said he recognized Lopez because he arrested him before.

Lopez has an extensive criminal history involving 52 previous arrests for drugs, grand larceny and criminal contempt, police said.

His wife had been arrested 19 time, according to the Daily News.

When emergency services arrived on scene they pronounced the woman dead.

Allegedly the couple had a tumultuous past, the Daily News reported.

A cause of death was not immediately released and it is unclear if there were signs of trauma.

A medical examiner will determine her cause of death, an NYPD spokeswoman told The Staten Island Advance.

Police are now using canine units and helicopters to locate the suspect, according to The Advance.

Post Lane has been cordoned off as police investigate.

An NYPD mobile crime scene canopy was set up in front of the home where the suspect was last spotted, and dozens of NYPD officials and detectives are actively working near the residence.

An NYPD mobile crime scene canopy was set up in front of the home where the suspect was last seen and canine units and helicopters are being used to locate Lopez

Lopez, 31, was allegedly seen rolling the body along 42 Post Lane (pictured) at 7.10am on Friday morning

'It's crazy, it's absolutely insane. That they'd just dump a body in somebody's yard,' Staten Island resident Cedric Smith told CBS New York.

Another neighbor, who called Lopez a 'crackhead', said she couldn't believe the death happened in her neighborhood.

Cherise Taylor said she saw the body while taking her children to school.

'I saw the body on the lawn. She was half naked. She didn't have a top.

'She was wearing pants. She was wrapped in an old curtain or something,' she told the Daily News.

The Advance reported that neighbors are standing on their front porches watching the police activity and those who lived on the block had to be escorted to their homes by police if they lived behind the caution tape.

Lopez's past includes and arrest for punching a former girlfriend in the face. He was also arrested and spent time in jail for gunpoint robbery of a cell phone.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).