He's the only son I ever had. He wasn't known much beyond Borough Park, where he tended his garden and his ailing wife. But five days later, his body was found wrapped in plastic trash bags, hands bound, in a reedy lot at the edge of Coney Island Creek. He had been strangled in what appeared to be an act of rage, not a premeditated murder, a police source said. Silver was attacked in his office on 48 th St. between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and carried out as heavy, wet snowflakes fell.
Police have no witnesses.
The day he was reported missing was the day we believe he was moved. Cops are pursuing several avenues related to Silver's professional dealings, sources said. Aside from his law business, Silver owned a building with his cousin Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Edward Rappaport. Silver and a tenant of the building had been in contentious negotiations over the lease. Silver was born and raised in the house he shared with his wife, Saralyn, and an extended family.