{"id":119439,"date":"2026-02-02T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/119439\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:00:23","slug":"womans-remains-found-in-black-plastic-bag-in-brooklyn-basement-sources-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/119439\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s remains found in black plastic bag in Brooklyn basement: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A woman\u2019s remains were found inside a black plastic bag in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building, police and sources said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responding to a 911 call made the grisly discovery around 9:38 a.m. in the building at the corner of Bushwick Ave. and Seigel St. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityneighborhoods.nyc\/east-williamsburg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:East Williamsburg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">East Williamsburg<\/a>, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops were first alerted to the remains by a NYCHA employee, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/nycha-employee-found-human-remains-in-brooklyn-basement-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PIX11;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PIX11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police are investigating. There were no immediate arrests in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Chief Medical Examiner\u2019s office will determine the woman\u2019s cause of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her identity has not been released as cops attempt to notify her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman appeared to be between 50 and 60 years old, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/amp\/post\/brooklyn-body-parts-investigation-womans-remains-found-inside-bag-basement-williamsburg-nyc-building\/18522570\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ABC News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ABC News<\/a> reported. The NYPD could not immediately confirm her approximate age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The building was the scene of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2008\/12\/03\/jealous-dad-shot-dead-after-he-guns-down-ex-in-brooklyn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:gruesome double murder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">gruesome double murder<\/a> in 2008 when a woman was fatally shot by her abusive boyfriend, who was then fatally shot by the woman\u2019s father in revenge, the Daily News previously reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman\u2019s remains were found inside a black plastic bag in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,7694,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-119439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-grisly-discovery","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}