{"id":282603,"date":"2026-06-30T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282603\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:49:02","slug":"exterminator-finds-human-remains-in-chimney-of-queens-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282603\/","title":{"rendered":"Exterminator finds human remains in chimney of Queens middle school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"z408e\">An exterminator discovered possible human remains inside a chimney at a Queens public school Tuesday morning, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2siba\">The discovery came after a school custodian noticed a foul odor and called the exterminator, suspecting rodents, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bm1at\">Officers responded to a 911 call at about 9 a.m. near 87th Street and 78th Avenue in Glendale, where they were told possible human remains had been found in a chimney at P.S. 113, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6cuds\">No students or staff were in the building because it is closed for summer construction.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8juts\">The city medical examiner&#8217;s office will determine the cause of death, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"d7npa\">Authorities have not determined the person&#8217;s age, sex or identity, how long the remains had been inside the chimney or where in the structure they were found.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5c5g3\">The city Department of Education said in a statement that the discovery was &#8220;deeply upsetting and concerning&#8221; and that it was making sure the appropriate supports were in place for the school community while the NYPD investigates.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"tuj7\">The district said no students were in the building because it is closed for summer construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An exterminator discovered possible human remains inside a chimney at a Queens public school Tuesday morning, police said.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-282603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282603","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=282603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}