A New York City woman was arrested after authorities say they found human remains inside a refrigerator in a Brooklyn apartment.The NYPD says that on Monday it found a dead man inside an apartment on Nostrand Avenue.According to a report fromNBC New YorkandPIX 11, after receiving a tip, police searched the apartment and found body parts, including a human head in a taped refrigeratorHeather Stines, 45, who lived in the apartment, was arrested in connection with the discovery, according to the NYPD. Police say Stines is charged with concealment of a human corpse.Police say the refrigerator was taped up, according to NBC’s report, and that the case is now being investigated as a homicide.Body found in refrigeratorNBC reports that investigators identified the body as that of Kawsheen Gelzer.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Stines’ neighbor in the building spoke to theNew York Daily News.“She was saying, ‘Oh my God I’m going to jail,’” Germaine Roberts told the paper. “They wouldn’t let her in the apartment.”It is not immediately clear if Stines has retained an attorney or entered a plea, but according to jail records, her next court appearance is Tuesday.
A New York City woman was arrested after authorities say they found human remains inside a refrigerator in a Brooklyn apartment.
The NYPD says that on Monday it found a dead man inside an apartment on Nostrand Avenue.
According to a report fromNBC New YorkandPIX 11, after receiving a tip, police searched the apartment and found body parts, including a human head in a taped refrigerator
Heather Stines, 45, who lived in the apartment, was arrested in connection with the discovery, according to the NYPD. Police say Stines is charged with concealment of a human corpse.
Police say the refrigerator was taped up, according to NBC’s report, and that the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
Body found in refrigerator
NBC reports that investigators identified the body as that of Kawsheen Gelzer.
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Stines’ neighbor in the building spoke to theNew York Daily News.
“She was saying, ‘Oh my God I’m going to jail,’” Germaine Roberts told the paper. “They wouldn’t let her in the apartment.”
It is not immediately clear if Stines has retained an attorney or entered a plea, but according to jail records, her next court appearance is Tuesday.
source: people.com
