Sanitation workers find skeletal remains of dead woman alongside Idlewild Park in Rosedale: NYPD - QNS

"Police say the DSNY workers were clearing trash from an area on the eastern side of the park along Brookville Boulevard near 149th Avenue when one of them grabbed a garbage bag and was about to toss it into the hopper of their truck when he caught a whiff of a foul odor emanating from inside the bag at around 7 a.m., and they called it in to the NYPD."

"Police from the 116th Precinct in Rosedale responded to the 911 call of possible human remains at the location and found the decomposing skeletal remains of a woman's torso inside the trash bag. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the woman's cause of death, and the investigation remains ongoing, an NYPD spokesman said Tuesday. Anyone with information regarding the investigation is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477)"

DSNY workers discovered skeletal remains of a woman while clearing trash along the eastern edge of Idlewild Park in Rosedale early Monday morning. A worker smelled a foul odor from a garbage bag around 7 a.m. while preparing to toss it into a truck hopper, prompting a call to the NYPD. Officers from the 116th Precinct responded and found a decomposing female torso inside the bag. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine cause of death while the NYPD continues its investigation. The public is asked to submit confidential tips to Crime Stoppers by phone, website, or X.

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