Authorities are investigating a grisly discovery on Park Avenue in Manhattan.
A woman’s body was found in a black garbage bag that was inside a green laundry bag on Park Avenue and 124th Street in Harlem Monday night, law enforcement sources said — apparently under strings of yellow, purple and green holiday lights strung up under the Metro-North tracks, according to crime scene footage.
As of Tuesday, authorities had yet to identify her, though some neighbors believe they knew who it was.
“I do know that she was seen in the area very, very heavily sedated and, anything could have happened to her. But, she was definitely loved in the community. Not a problem. She wasn’t aggressive. She was always loving, caring, kind, just sad,” said Madeline Sosa, who works for Mt. Sinai’s addiction program.
According to police, they were called to the scene around 6:30 p.m. by Metro-North personnel after the person who made the startling discovery flagged down an MTA officer. They were responding to a report of an unconscious female.
They arrived to find the naked body.
The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Sosa told NBC New York she spent the past year trying to help the woman.
“It’s just heartbreaking to hear this. This is where she, she would sleep here and there’s a park on the block, Marcus Garvey Park. She would sleep in the park as well,” Sosa said. “Like I said, I offered her to get into multiple programs and she would say one day, one day, and now she don’t have that day.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
