Overview
- Officials identified the victim as Nicholas John Acker, a 36-year-old maintenance mechanic and Air Force veteran.
- Firefighters found his body lodged in a mail-handling machine at the Detroit Network Distribution Center in Allen Park on Nov. 8.
- Authorities said he had been deceased for six to eight hours before responders arrived.
- Police characterize the case as accidental, and the fiancée disputes firefighters’ account of who alerted authorities.
- USPS offered condolences and said the facility remains operational, while MIOSHA and OSHA have not yet provided comment as the investigation continues.