POLICE are on the lookout for a suspect who allegedly sexually abused a corpse onboard a train in New York City.

The vile act occurred at 12:08 am on Wednesday after police officers responded to a 911 call for assistance at the Whitehall-South Ferry station in Lower Manhattan, steps from the city’s historic Battery Park.

Upon arrival, officers uncovered an unconscious man on a train, the New York City Police Department told The U.S. Sun.

An MTA train conductor found the man, who is believed to be homeless and in his 40s, according to the New York Daily News.

Upon further review, police determined that he had died of natural causes and his corpse had been sexually abused.

Police initially named the suspect to The U.S. Sun as 51-year-old Carlos Garcia; however, they are now unsure if that is the correct person.

Authorities are now working to correctly identify the suspect, who is believed to be in his 50s.

The man was captured on surveillance footage leaving the scene.

He is described as 5-feet-9-inches, 195 pounds, with black hair, and brown eyes.

The unnamed suspect did not know the victim, police sources told the New York Post.

The suspect is still on the loose as of Thursday morning.

The skin-crawling incident comes as city officials reported that the crime rate in the subway is at its lowest since the coronavirus pandemic.

SUBWAY CRIME RATE

Subway crime is down 22% as of March this year, and down 19% since 2019, according to NYPD data.

Despite the lower crime rate, felony assaults are up 49% since 2019.

At the start of the year, Mayor Eric Adams moved to increase the number of police officers on the city’s subway platforms.

Adams reiterated that crime rates in the subway system are down, but acknowledged the statistics were overshadowed by a few, high-profile crimes.

“Watching that cop walk through the subway, seeing him present, having the conductor announce there’s a police officer on a train,” the mayor said in January.

“All of those things that will allow New Yorkers to feel on omnipresence and feel safe.”

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch also said assigning more officers to patrol the subways would put New Yorkers at ease.

“That’s where the majority of our cops need to be, not in the mezzanines, not at the entrances,” Tisch added.

“That’s not to say that we won’t have cops on the mezzanines and the entrances.

“But we need our cops assigned where the crime is occurring.”