Yanky Krausz Found Dead in Elevator Shaft Updated!

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The body of a 21-year-old Charedi man from Brooklyn was found on Wednesday, one day after he told his wife he would be late coming to meet her.

 Yanki Kraus, disappeared shortly after speaking to his wife on Tuesday. Since then, dozens of Charedi volunteers participated in searching for him.

Kraus was supposed to meet his wife Rivkie at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, but an hour before the meeting sent her a text message saying that he would not be on time. His wife then asked him to come home at 4:30 p.m., and he replied "okay". This was the last interaction with him.

The local Shomrim organization disseminated Kraus' photograph and personal details throughout the Borough Park area over the last 24 hours, asking the public to try and locate him.

So far no details were made public with regards to the circumstances of his death.

The levayah will take place tomorrow, Thursday, at 1:30 p.m., at Shomrei Hadas Chapels, located at 3803 14th Ave in Boro Park, Brooklyn.

From Thursday Daily News Report

A 22-year-old Brooklyn man who was reported missing was tragically found dead of an apparent suicide Wednesday, police said.

Yakov Krausz was discovered hanging from a rope in an elevator motor room, police and those who knew him said. The elevator room was located in his building on Webster Ave. near 47th St. in Borough Park.

"He was depressed," said a distant family member who asked to remain anonymous.

Krausz, a married construction worker, was on the way to a doctor for anti-depressants when he went missing, according to the family member.

He was found and not responsive in an elevator shaft on Webster ave.