Crime & Safety
Skeletal Remains Found Near NYC Park By NYC Sanitation Workers: What We Know
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.
QUEENS, NY — New York City Sanitation workers found the skeletal remains of an unidentified woman inside a garbage bag close to a Queens park near John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, police said.
The discovery was made by two workers around 8 a.m. on Monday at 149 Avenue and Brookville Boulevard near Idlewild Park.
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death
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The identity of the woman has not been released yet as of Tuesday afternoon.
It is not known at this time how the victim's body ended up near the park.
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An investigation remains ongoing.
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