Woman found dead in trash bag in NYCHA building believed to be tragic accident

Woman Apparently Crushed by Trash Compactor in Building, Police Say

A woman whose remains were found in a trash compactor in the basement of a public housing building in Brooklyn this month most likely died after slipping down a garbage chute and into the compactor, police officials said on Friday. The body of the woman, identified as Michelle Montgomery, 39, was discovered on Feb. 1 by workers at the Borinquen Plaza complex in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Her remains were found covered in wounds and sl…

Bk. mom fell into trash compactor while trying to grab purse and was crushed alive as people heard her scream

Michelle Montgomery, 39 — whose remains were initially thought to have been chopped up and stuffed inside garbage bags at a Williamsburg housing complex — likely tumbled into the trash chute while trying to retrieve her purse on Jan. 31, police sources said.

Woman whose cut up body was found in garbage bag died in grisly trash compactor accident: NYPD

The mysterious death of a Brooklyn mother of four whose body was found cut up and stuffed in a garbage bag has been solved with NYPD detectives determining she had died in a grisly accident, NYPD officials said Friday. The remains of Michelle Montgomery were found by NYCHA workers cleaning out the trash compactor room at Borinquen Plaza on Bushwick Ave. near Seigel St. in East Williamsburg at about 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, NYPD Chief of Detectives J…

Woman found dead in trash bag in NYCHA building believed to be tragic accident

A woman's death, initially suspected to be a homicide, is now believed to be the result of a tragic accident inside a NYCHA building in Brooklyn.

Woman found dead in Brooklyn NYCHA building likely crushed in accidental garbage chute fall, police say

The Brooklyn woman who was found dead inside the basement of NYCHA building’s trash room is now believed to have fallen inside the garbage chute by accident and slowly died, police say. According to law enforcement sources, 39-year-old Michelle Montgomery's remains were discovered inside a black bag inside a 330 Bushwick on Feb. 1. She was found by NYCHA workers who were cleaning up the compactor room at around 9:30 a.m. “She had multiple punctu…