Overview
- NYCHA workers at the Borinquen Public Houses in Bushwick found a bag containing dismembered remains in a basement trash compactor on Sunday morning.
- Authorities identified the victim as 39-year-old Michelle Montgomery, a mother of four who lived at the Gowanus Houses.
- The medical examiner conducted an autopsy and is awaiting additional tests and investigative information to determine how she died.
- Montgomery left home around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, a FaceTime to her sister near 10 p.m. abruptly cut off, and she posted a TikTok video just after midnight.
- Her life partner, Anthony Echevarria, said she had no ties to the Borinquen complex and called for answers as police continue the investigation.