What you should know
- the man who found the corpse of a decapitated woman without arms or legs, in a garbage bag in a shopping cart on a busy street outside a Brooklyn store told police he first saw it on his way to a friend’s house and when it was still there on the way home an hour later, he decided to open it, a senior said Friday. NYPD official with direct knowledge of the investigation.
- The man, who called 911 about the grisly find on the corner of Atlantic and Pennsylvania avenues, just outside a construction safety equipment store next to a carpet store, told police he drove past the area initially around 12:30 a.m. Thursday and decided to see what was in the bag on his way back around 1:40 a.m.
- Detectives are trying to use DNA to identify the victim, given the absence of anything to match dental or fingerprint records. At this point, all they know is that the body is an adult female, a police source said.
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NEW YORK — The man who found the corpse of a woman, without head, arms or legs, in a garbage bag in a shopping cart on a busy street outside a Brooklyn store told police he first saw it on his way to a friend’s house and when it was still there on the way home an hour later, he decided to open it, a senior said Friday. NYPD official with direct knowledge of the investigation.
The man, who called 911 about the grisly find on the corner of Atlantic and Pennsylvania avenues, just outside a construction safety equipment store next to a carpet store, told police he drove past the area initially around 12:30 a.m. Thursday and decided to see what was in the bag on his way back around 1:40 a.m.
The bag was not tied, said the senior NYPD official who reported the man. The man reached inside. He first felt a roll of toilet paper.
Then he opened the bag and saw the torso. She called 911 immediately, the official said.
Detectives are trying to use DNA to identify the victim, given the absence of anything to match dental or fingerprint records. There were no identifying marks on the dismembered body, no tattoos or birthmarks. At this point, all they know is that the body is an adult female, a police source said.
The medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine how he died.
Meanwhile, detectives are conducting surveillance camera tours of the area in hopes they can see who dropped the cart at the scene. The city’s sanitation department has been told not to pick up any trash within a three-block radius of the crime scene, and the NYPD is working to bring in a cadaver dog to check trash bags. nearby for additional body parts.
Anyone with information about them is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (English), or for Spanish at 1-888-57-PISTA.
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