March 29, 2024

Dismembered torso of a woman discovered stuffed in a shopping cart by a horrified passerby on a Brooklyn street as crime surges in the Big Apple

  • An unidentified woman’s torso was found inside a garbage bag inside a shopping cart on Pennsylvania and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn
  • A man reportedly saw the garbage bag in the shopping cart and decided to peek inside where he found the dismembered woman 
  • The 75th Precinct determined the body was that of an adult woman and said the medical examiner will determine her cause of death
  • Authorities are hoping to identify her through DNA and are looking through security footage to hopefully find her attacker 
  • Locals are now worried about the uptick in NYC crime, with one saying: ‘They say New York is a dream, an American dream, but I don’t feel safe’
  • Overall crime is up almost 50 per cent in the Big Apple and Asian American hate crimes are up over 300 per cent  










A woman’s torso was found inside a garbage bag inside a shopping cart in Brooklyn by a horrified passerby amid a huge spike in New York City crime.

The female corpse was found inside a garbage bag without a head or limbs by a passerby on Pennsylvania and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn around 1.45am on Thursday. 

The man reportedly saw the garbage bag in the shopping cart and decided to take it but when he peeked inside where he made the grisly discovery.  

Police reported that the woman, who has not yet been identified, did not appear to have any gunshot or visible stab wounds, nor any identifying marks like tattoos. The body also did not appear to be decomposed, police said.  

The 75th Precinct determined the body was that of an adult woman and said the medical examiner will determine her cause of death and possibly identify her through DNA.

Authorities are now scouring surveillance footage in hopes of identifying the woman’s attacker and the incident is under investigation, but locals are worried about safety.

A local student Cynthia Jimenez said they don’t feel safe in the city, telling ABC 7: ‘They say New York is a dream, an American dream, but I don’t feel safe.’ 

A woman’s torso was found inside a garbage bag in a shopping cart in Brooklyn on Thursday. A man who was passing by found the woman after he opened the bag. She did not have a head or limbs (pictured: garbage bags, that do not contain her body, on the street in Brooklyn on Thursday)

The woman was found in a garbage bag, similar to these, around 1.45am on Thursday 

Police were still on the scene as late as 7am when a local construction shop employee was denied access to the store to open it as police tape blocked the entrance, The New York Times reported. A pawn shop was also blocked off. 

Construction shop owner Sung Hong, 64, was notified of the incident when his employee couldn’t get inside the shop. Arriving an hour later from Long Island, Song pleaded with police to let him inside his business. 

The South-Korean-turned-New-Yorker said the news of the decapitation have heightened his anxieties about the rising crime in New York City, especially those concerning Asian Americans. 

‘It’s getting worse and worse,’ he told The New York Times. ‘I don’t know what’s going on. It’s like people have become crazy.’  

A local construction shop and pawn shop (pictured) were tapped off by police as they investigated the incident for many hours

A local construction shop and pawn shop (pictured) were tapped off by police as they investigated the incident for many hours 

Local resident Violent Rodriguez told ABC 7: ‘Oh my God, Jesus Christ, cause nowadays anyone is not safe here anymore, I don’t know what to do because I work around the corner.’  

The busy intersection remained tapped off during the morning commute and it is unknown when it opened back up. 

Asian Americans have experienced a 343 percent increase in hate crimes last year with 133 attacks. 

A few days ago, a bleach-blond homeless Army veteran was arrested on suspicion of racist attacks on seven Asian women. He allegedly hurled n-word slurs at NYPD cops after his apprehension.

Steven Zajonc, 28, was apprehended for the February 27 attacks on Wednesday, after barricading himself inside a bathroom at the New York Public Library and causing a standoff with the police.

His alleged attacks come after a spate of high-profile attacks on Asian-Americans in recent weeks – two of them deadly. Last week, Asian grandmother GuiYing Ma, 61, died after fighting for three months to recover from brain damage after being smashed in the face with a rock during a New York City street attack.

Overall crime is up almost 50 per cent in New York City.  

Crime in NYC is up almost 50 per cent as the city experiencing an enormous wave of crimes

Crime in NYC is up almost 50 per cent as the city experiencing an enormous wave of crimes

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