Janoris Jenkins Dead Body Found At NFL Star's Home 
 
 Dead Body Found at Home of NFL Star Janoris Jenkins, Cops Investigating 
 
 EXCLUSIVE 
 
 5:21 PM PT -- Officials have identified the victim as 25-year-old Roosevelt Rene -- a friend of Janoris. 
 
 Rene was a music producer who had been living at the home. 
 
 1:52 PM PT --The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office tells TMZ Sports ... the dead body is a man, but he's NOT the owner of the house. 
 
 Officials will not release the identity until next of kin have been notified. 
 
 "The investigation is ongoing, and additional information will be provided when it is available and appropriate for release." 
 
 A dead body was found at the New Jersey home of NY Giants star Janoris Jenkins on Tuesday and now the Major Crimes Unit is investigating ... TMZ Sports has learned. 
 
 First off, we're told Janoris was out of the state when the body was discovered early Tuesday morning -- but sources connected to the NFL player tell us his camp is aware of the situation. 
 
 We don't know if cops have identified a suspect or even have a working theory on how the person died. 
 
 Sources tell us the body was discovered in the basement by a worker at the house. Law enforcement officers in Bergen County raced to the scene. We're told the coroner showed up a short time later. 
 
 The identity of the victim is unclear -- we know investigators are actively working the case. 
 
 One source connected to Jenkins says the NFL player has been in Florida and was not at the home when cops arrived. 
 
 We've reached out to JJ's reps for comment -- but, so far, no word back. 

 The body of a music producer was found Tuesday inside a Fair Lawn home owned by New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins. 
 
 The dead man was identified Tuesday night as 25-year-old Roosevelt Rene, a Jenkins family friend. Jenkins, a Florida native, has reportedly been in that state since Giants mini-camp broke early this month. 
 
 Rene produced music under the name Trypps Beatz and numerous fans took to Twitter Tuesday night to post condolences. 
 
 How Rene died has not yet been determined, and is pending an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office, authorities said. 
 
 Public records show that Rene previously lived in Dallas, Georgia, and Spring Valley, N.Y. 
 
 Jenkins was a second round pick by St. Louis Rams in 2012 and has been with the Giants since 2016, when he was selected to the Pro Bowl. He also raps under the name Rabbit during his time away from football. 
 
 TMZ reported that Rene's body was discovered in the basement by a worker at the home. 
 
 Roosevelt Rene, who was found dead in the New Jersey home of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins in a possible homicide, was a hip-hop producer and artist who went by the name Trypps Beatz: https://t.co/yNn91iO2OR #breaking pic.twitter.com/THEPEWKYmt -- Tom Cleary (@tomwcleary) June 27, 2018 
 
 Jenkins purchased the house for $500,000 in 2016, public records show. 
 
 "The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit and the Fair Lawn Police Department are investigating a death at [Jenkins' residence]," Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said in a statement. 
 
 NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported that law enforcement sources told him police are investigating the death as a "possible strangulation/suffocation." 
 
 Per law enforcement sources, police are investigating a possible strangulation/suffocation as the cause of death in the case of the body found at Giants CB Janoris Jenkins' home. -- Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) June 26, 2018 
 
 Fair Lawn Police Sgt Brian Metzler said police were called to the home at 10:22 a.m. and that members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Bergen County Sheriff's Office were also on scene. 
 
 Metzler declined to give specifics about the investigation, but said police have never been called to Jenkins' home in the past. 
 
 A neighbor at the scene, who identified herself only as Debbie, said Jenkins lives at the home with his brother. She said she never had any issues with either of them and was shocked when she heard the body was found at the home. 
 
 Investigators were seen digging through the contents of a white Lexus sedan with Florida plates in the driveway as well as a Land Rover. They also removed several small brown paper bags from the home and loaded them into an unmarked prosecutor's office SUV. 
 
 Prosecutor's office detectives left the home around 9 p.m. and only a marked Fair Lawn Police car remained at the scene. 
 
 The Giants said that they were aware of, and monitoring the situation. 
 
 Jenkins, voted to his first Pro Bowl in 2016 is a key member of the Giants' secondary. However, he is coming off a season-ending ankle injury suffered in Week 9 against Washington last year. Despite the injury cutting his season short, Jenkins intercepted three passes and returned two of them for touchdowns, in addition to making 26 tackles. 
 
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 FILE - In this April 24, 2018 file photo, New York Giants' Janoris Jenkins speaks to reporters before an NFL football training camp in East Rutherford, N.J. A body has been found at a New Jersey home... (Associated Press) 
 
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 FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) — The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested and charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the death of a 25-year-man whose body was found in the NFL player's New Jersey home. 
 
 The Bergen County prosecutor's office said Wednesday 34-year-old William H. Jenkins, of Fair Lawn, was charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of Roosevelt Rene, whose body was discovered Tuesday. 
 
 Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said William Jenkins is in custody in the Ontario County Jail in New York state. The investigation is ongoing. 
 
 Janoris Jenkins' home is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of MetLife Stadium. Property records show Janoris Jenkins has lived at the house the last two years, and on Wednesday the Bergen County prosecutor's office listed William Jenkins as living at the same address. 
 
 According to New York state department of corrections records, William Jenkins was arrested on drug charges in 2006 and again in 2011. He was paroled from prison in July 2016. 
 
 Janoris Jenkins is entering his third season with the Giants. The 29-year-old signed a five-year, $62.5 million contract with the team in 2016 and had an outstanding first season when he was selected to be a starter in the 2017 Pro Bowl. 
 
 His second season did not go as well. The veteran was suspended for a game for violating team rules in late October and eventually had his season end in late November by an ankle injury that required surgery. 
 
 He has intercepted 16 passes in six seasons and scored nine touchdowns. 
 
 Jenkins played at Florida from 2008-10 before finishing his college career at North Alabama. He was drafted in the second round by the St. Louis Rams in 2012. He played four seasons with the Rams. 
 
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 William Jenkins, the brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter after a body was found Tuesday at the player's house in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. 
 
 The body was identified as Roosevelt Rene, 25, a Jenkins family friend who had been living at the house, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. 
 
 William Jenkins was booked into the Orange County (NY) jail. Orange County Jail 
 
 The office announced Wednesday that William Jenkins was in custody, adding that the investigation is ongoing. On Thursday, New York State Police said in a statement that Jenkins is in the Ontario County Jail for a parole violation and is awaiting extradition to New Jersey. 
 
 According to New York state department of corrections records, William Jenkins was arrested on drug charges in 2006 and again in 2011. He was paroled from prison in July 2016. 
 
 Janoris Jenkins was not at home when the body was discovered and has been in Florida since the completion of Giants minicamp two weeks ago, sources said. Jenkins has been advised by attorneys to remain in Florida, sources said. 
 
 The Giants said that they "are aware of and monitoring the situation." 
 
 Information from ESPN's Josina Anderson and Jordan Raanan, and The Associated Press was used in this report. 

 The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested in upstate New York eight hours before a body was discovered in the NFL player's home in New Jersey Tuesday.Now, William Jenkins is charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the case.Ontario County District Attorney James Ritts says William Jenkins was arrested just before 2 a.m. Tuesday on a parole violation out of Bergen County. He was released from prison in 2016 after receiving a six-year sentence in 2011 for criminal possession and sale of a controlled substance.He also served three and a half years beginning in 2006 for a similar offense.Police responded to 14 Van Suan Place after receiving a 911 call at 10:22 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities identified the deceased man as 25-year-old Roosevelt Rene, who they say had been living at the home.William Jenkins was not supposed to leave New Jersey. Bergen County prosecutors did not release any other information other than to say he would be charged with aggravated manslaughter.There has been a heavy police presence at the home since the gruesome discovery."I heard from my neighbors over here that they found a dead body in the basement," neighbor Barry Carenza said. "The woman that lives behind us said cops asked her if she heard gunshots, so naturally she was a little freaked out. We're all a little freaked out. It's a quiet neighborhood."Neighbors say Janoris Jenkins is in Florida and rents the Fair Lawn house during the football season.The New York Giants issued a statement, saying, "We are aware of and monitoring the situation."Janoris Jenkins played at North Alabama before being drafted in the second round by the St. Louis Rams in 2012. He played four seasons with the Rams and the last two seasons with the Giants.----------
– A body discovered at the home of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins has led to a manslaughter charge for his brother. William Jenkins, released from a New Jersey prison in 2016 after serving time for drug charges, was arrested in New York around 2am Tuesday; he had violated his parole by leaving the state. Eight hours later, authorities received a 911 call and responded to the Fair Lawn home of Janoris Jenkins, 10 miles north of MetLife Stadium, where they found the body of 25-year-old Roosevelt Rene. Described as a family friend and music producer working under the name Trypps Beatz, Rene had been living at the home while the NFLer was in his native Florida, having wrapped up a Giants minicamp two weeks ago, per ESPN and NJ.com. Though authorities asked a neighbor if they'd heard gunshots, per WABC, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reports police are investigating the death as a "possible strangulation/suffocation." Rene's body was reportedly found in the basement of the home by a worker, according to TMZ. William Jenkins, who also lived at his brother's home, was charged Wednesday with aggravated manslaughter and is being held at Ontario County Jail in New York. Janoris Jenkins—a 2017 Pro Bowl starter who signed a five-year, $62.5 million contract with the Giants in 2016, per the AP—remains in Florida, with the Giants organization saying it is "aware of and monitoring the situation."