Remains Found in N.Y.C. Garbage Chute Belonged to Missing 24-Year-Old Woman: Police

A 24-year-old woman was found dead in a trash compactor at a New York City building on Friday, according to authorities.

Jaclyn Elmquist, a Brooklyn resident, was discovered “unconscious and unresponsive” in the basement of a West 28th Street Manhattan building on Friday, the NYPD said.

The discovery was made shortly after the police received a call at 2:40 p.m. that day. An ambulance pronounced her dead at the scene.

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“Preliminary investigation has determined that the deceased person’s injuries indicate that he fell down a garbage chute,” a spokesman for the deputy commissioner of public information said.

“There is no suspicion of criminality at this time and the investigation is ongoing.”

Her cause of death has not yet been determined and will be determined by the medical examiner’s office, according to the NYPD.

According to WNBC, Elmquist was found by a building employee at a luxury apartment complex in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood and was not a resident of the building.

Surveillance footage shared by the newspaper reportedly shows her walking down the street Thursday night as she tried to open the doors of several buildings. Sources also told WNBC that police are investigating whether the woman’s death is related to another missing person’s case.

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On Friday, Elmquist’s cousin distributed the missing flyer X (formerly Twitter)pointing out that she “left a work party in Manhattan” on Thursday, and “didn’t come home or show up for work” on Friday.

Her family also said she was last seen getting into a yellow cab in front of the restaurant in Chelsea, which is about 12 blocks from W 28th Street.

“I definitely wouldn’t have expected that at all,” a resident of the building told WABC-TV. “We have a lot of security in the building, our doors are always locked, we have a lot of cameras, I’m honestly upset that this happened.”

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