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.