Homeless Shelter Killer's Body Found in Hudson River

New York City police have identified a body pulled out of the Hudson River as that of Anthony White, for whom police had been searching since his roommate at a city homeless shelter was found nearly decapitated.

Killed Jan. 27 was Deven Black, who had moved into the shelter two days earlier.

Black was a former Nyack resident and former city teacher and librarian. A 'brilliant, courageous, kind and humble man,' according to his son Jonas Black, the 62-year-old suffered from mental illness.

White, 21, had told other people at the shelter that he wanted to kill someone, according to the New York Daily News.

White disappeared from the shelter after the slaying. When a decomposed body was pulled from the river near 145th Street in Harlem on Wednesday, police found White's benefits card with it.

The Medical Examiner's Office identified it as White on Saturday, The Journal News reported.

After the murder, New York state officials formally required New York City to bolster the security presence at the shelter. The NYPD will retrain the Homeless Services Department police that patrol the city's shelters, according to the Daily News.