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[UPDATE] Body Parts In Bags Discovered By Dog Walker In The Bronx
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 26, 2013
Modified Feb 26, 2013
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Published Feb 26, 2013
Modified Feb 26, 2013
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Police say they have found several bags containing body parts on a sidewalk in the Bronx. The Daily News reports that a dog walker spotted "a woman's leg protruding from [a] duffel bag" on Eagle Avenue at 158th Street around 5 a.m. this morning. A witness allegedly told police that the bag was dumped by someone in a silver SUV. CBS is reporting that police found at least four different bags containing body parts, including a hand, a torso, a leg, a foot, and a head. "It was on top of the garbage that we put out," one resident said.
An NYPD release notes that the Medical Examiner is determining the cause of death. The bags were dumped across the street from a playground and a block away from a school.
[UPDATE]DNAinfo is now reporting that police believe the body parts found in the Bronx belong to a woman who has been missing for two days. According to the outlet's police sources, a man visited the 40th Precinct this morning with a photograph of his missing mother who lived near the crime scene.
Police reportedly matched the photograph with the remains in the bags, and the sources said they would question the woman's son and her ex-husband. "She's a good person, she's a good mom," one of the woman's neighbors said.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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