Man Arraigned, Charged With Dismembering Flatbush Woman

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — A man who authorities say admitted to killing his wife and cutting her up with a saw was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court and one count of second-degree murder, one count of second-degree manslaughter and one count of concealment of a human corpse.

The family of Diana Rodriguez got worried when that hadn't heard from her in nearly a month and went to the home of Philip Martin, who told the family she had left him a month earlier, prosecutors said.

Martins lives on Linden Boulevard, on the border of Flatbush and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.

After relatives called 9-1-1, Martin was arrested and told authorities he killed his wife around his birthday and waited a month before cutting her up with a saw, prosecutors said.

He dumped parts of the body in trash cans on the street, authorities said.

"The allegations against this defendant are truly disturbing and we are determined to hold him responsible for this barbaric murder," Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

Martin entered a plea of not guilty, according to the New York Daily News. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

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