A New York plumber and father-of-four was murdered during a trip to Colombia to meet his potential new wife, according to friends and local authorities.

The body of Nachum Israel Eber, 51, a member of the Boro Park Belz Hasidic community, was found inside a wardrobe left on a street in a remote area of Bogotá Sunday, according to the New York Post.

A motive has not been released but early reports indicated Eber had been targeted by a local criminal gang in what authorities believe was a robbery, the Times of Israel reported. The attackers have not been caught.

Eber was initially identified as a rabbi, though friends say he worked as a building developer and plumber. The divorced dad had recently connected with a woman in Bogotá’s Hasidic community and traveled to South America to meet her, his friend Motti Dresdner told The Post.

“It’s a terrible tragedy,” Dresdner. “A person, a gentleman in his prime.…