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Victim Identified After Woman’s Remains Found in Bag at Brooklyn NYCHA Building

Police are treating the death as suspicious pending the medical examiner’s ruling.

Overview

  • NYCHA workers discovered heavy bags in the compactor room at Borinquen Plaza around 9:30 a.m. Sunday and called police.
  • Officials named the victim as 39-year-old Michelle Montgomery; her remains were removed for examination.
  • No arrests have been announced as detectives continue to investigate how the bags reached a normally restricted area.
  • Multiple outlets, citing workers and residents, reported the remains appeared dismembered and were found inside trash bags.
  • Relatives said Montgomery, a Brooklyn mother of four, had gone out the night before, with the medical examiner to determine how she died.