Overview

• Construction workers at 569 East 21st Street called 911 Friday morning after detecting a strong smell near the building’s garbage area.
• Responding officers discovered a man’s head and torso inside a trash receptacle just before 9:15 a.m., according to police.
• An official report noted trauma to the body, and the remains were transferred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy.
• Detectives from the 70th Precinct are conducting a homicide investigation while the victim’s identity has not yet been determined.
• Residents reported days of foul odor and prior fights between two men in the building, though police have not confirmed those accounts or identified a suspect.