Two binmen had loaded the covered remains into the back of a bin lorry before noticing a horrific smell coming from the bag tied up with rope and sticky tape, police said
Police were called after a human body was discovered by workers(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Binmen were left horrified after finding human skeletal remains inside a rubbish bag during a routine collection.
According to police, two binmen had loaded the covered remains into the back of a bin lorry before noticing a horrific smell. The workers feared that the bag, which appeared to be wrapped in tape and rope, could contain a body.
Officers were called to Queens Park near John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday at about 8am following the disturbing discovery.
Emergency services later confirmed the remains appeared to belong to a woman, according to local media.
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner said it will determine the cause of death and the identity of the body.
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Officers were called to Queens Park near John F Kennedy International Airport in New York(Image: Google Maps)
It comes just weeks after a man who allegedly drove a dead body to a hospital car before telling staff and fleeing has been charged, according to police.
Christopher Caron, 42, is accused of driving a black Honda Civic to the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts, with a man’s body in the backseat last Saturday.
The suspect then parked his car in front of the emergency room entrance before telling staff there was a body inside.
He then fled the scene while a hospital employee checked the car, according to authorities.
The stunned staff member discovered that the body had been dumped in the car in blankets and taped with duct tape.
The victim was tragically identified as 27-year-old Declan Perry, from Portland.
Police confirmed the car belonged to the victim.
His cause of death has not been revealed. Authorities previously said the pair knew each other.
Following the news of Caron’s arrest, neighbours told police how they had assisted him in loading a “large, heavy blanket” into a black Honda Civic earlier that Saturday.
Cops searched where Carson was staying and seized “several items of evidence”.
Declan’s dad, Brendan Perry, said they are heartbroken by the news and said that they will remember the chef as a “family guy, a good kid with a ton of friends.”