Bronx Woman's Death Ruled A Homicide

Edwin Coello was questioned at the 45th Precinct in the Bronx Thursday morning, but his attorney says he is not being charged at this time in connection with the disappearance and death of 40-year-old Tina Adovasio.

The former housing officer entered the station house around 10 a.m. and left 20 minutes later. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says Coello was asked to provide a DNA sample and he refused.

Adovasio's body was found Wednesday night by teenagers riding ATVs near the Taconic State Parkway. Her body was stuffed in a plastic bag and dumped in a wooded area. The medical examiner confirmed the identity Thursday morning.

Coello had told police Adovasio left their Throggs Neck home Friday after the two had an argument.

According to law enforcement sources, sometime later, a surveillance camera outside the house caught the image of a man carrying a shovel and something large wrapped in a sheet.

NY1 has been told that police with a search warrant later found a shovel and sheet in Coello's car.