Woman's body found in basement of luxury apartment building in Manhattan

[Gemmie]

I am been in a lot of highrise buildings with garbage chutes, I have never seen the one in that picture. Do you know if the garbage access looked like that?

Good question. I was showing examples of what garbage chutes looked like for those that have never seen one. (They aren't all the same, but likely all similar) I do not know what the exact chute looked like in that building, but I can only surmise that it would be similar. IOW (and IMO), not looking like a large elevator car that someone could easily stumble into. Those styles I posted as an example don't look like something someone could easily fall into.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

If there is no access for anyone to empty a trash compactor dumpster type used for apartment buildings, then disregard my posts.

I can't image the weight of compacted garbage is being moved without a dumpster. If there is a basement there could be access via a roll-up door that is on a neighboring building. I've seen buildings with a basement and even a sub-basement that have vehicle access.
Very confusing.
I looked at overhead and streets views, no visible access (as already posted upthread)

 

[borndem]

Aw, poor young woman and her family. Sincere condolences to her loved-ones.

I hope she's not a crime victim.

To me, it sounds like her coworkers called her a cab to get her home safely. What happened next? Was she dropped off at the correct location? Did she have her keys?

I really hope they can run toxicology to make sure any drinks she consumed were not spiked.

I do not mean to place any blame on anyone in particular, just thinking about the unexpected outcome of someone who should have made it home safely but ended up in a very strange place. Why?

Completely my same thoughts as well, @ChatteringBirds.
(I just now found this thread, so I'm running behind.)

Hoping we'll find out if she was alive or dead when she was found in the chute, but dunno if that's possible. Forensics can be amazing.

How easily can someone wind up in a trash compactor or a laundry chute?
Just so very sad, no matter how it turns out. She is gone and people who love her are grieving. SMH.

 

[wendybtn]

She didn't take the cab home as she was seen stumbling several blocks away from where she got into the cab.

I'd like to hear from the cab driver.

jmo

She was in Manhattan the whole time even though she lived in Brooklyn. Could she not tell the driver her address??

 

[ifindedout]

She was in Manhattan the whole time even though she lived in Brooklyn. Could she not tell the driver her address??

If she hadn't been in NYC very long, or if she had just moved, she may not have been sufficiently familiar with her address to recite it on demand, especially given the state she was likely in.
JMHO, no victim-unfriendliness intended

 

[Knox]

If there is no access for anyone to empty a trash compactor dumpster type used for apartment buildings, then disregard my posts.

I can't image the weight of compacted garbage is being moved without a dumpster. If there is a basement there could be access via a roll-up door that is on a neighboring building. I've seen buildings with a basement and even a sub-basement that have vehicle access.
Very confusing.
I looked at overhead and streets views, no visible access (as already posted upthread)

CHUTE FED COMPACTORS - Compactors Inc

The Model 520T5 Container Packer is a fully automatic, hydraulically operated trash compactor capable of displacing up to 35 cubic yards of trash per hour, packing into a front or rear load compaction container. The machine body and ram body are 1/4″ steel. The hopper is constructed of 10 gauge...

compactorsinc.com

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/rules/1_RCNY_24-01.pdf

Where she was found was a mid-rise building with 99 units. I envision something like a 3 or 4 CY bin system similar to what is shown at the link. In the Heidi Planck case, the building actually had compactor boxes, not bins. But it doesn't look like the basement in this location had that kind of space? The question is, how large was that chute and did every floor have a door? Why would she have chosen to open the access door and decide to enter the chute?

Search youtube, there are many video's which show the access door and chutes. This type of death is more common than you'd think

 

[Knox]

DBM

 

[duckcat]

CHUTE FED COMPACTORS - Compactors Inc

The Model 520T5 Container Packer is a fully automatic, hydraulically operated trash compactor capable of displacing up to 35 cubic yards of trash per hour, packing into a front or rear load compaction container. The machine body and ram body are 1/4″ steel. The hopper is constructed of 10 gauge...

compactorsinc.com

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/rules/1_RCNY_24-01.pdf

Where she was found was a mid-rise building with 99 units. I envision something like a 3 or 4 CY bin system similar to what is shown at the link. In the Heidi Planck case, the building actually had compactor boxes, not bins. But it doesn't look like the basement in this location had that kind of space? The question is, how large was that chute and did every floor have a door? Why would she have chosen to open the access door and decide to enter the chute?

Search youtube, there are many video's which show the access door and chutes. This type of death is more common than you'd think

It’s possible she may have been vomiting or dropped something down the chute and leaned in to look. Another user posted a video of a man who fell feet first down a chute, I believe he dropped his keys and lost his grip trying to go after them.

LE will find out of course, but what was she doing at this building far from her home? To get in to an upper floor with a chute she must have been acquainted with a resident. Friend? Tinder date? Random stranger? She had been missing for a few days and given that the police pieced things together from her posters, no one at that building reported her missing.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

CHUTE FED COMPACTORS - Compactors Inc

The Model 520T5 Container Packer is a fully automatic, hydraulically operated trash compactor capable of displacing up to 35 cubic yards of trash per hour, packing into a front or rear load compaction container. The machine body and ram body are 1/4″ steel. The hopper is constructed of 10 gauge...

compactorsinc.com

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/rules/1_RCNY_24-01.pdf

Where she was found was a mid-rise building with 99 units. I envision something like a 3 or 4 CY bin system similar to what is shown at the link. In the Heidi Planck case, the building actually had compactor boxes, not bins. But it doesn't look like the basement in this location had that kind of space? The question is, how large was that chute and did every floor have a door? Why would she have chosen to open the access door and decide to enter the chute?

Search youtube, there are many video's which show the access door and chutes. This type of death is more common than you'd think

I've seen many variations of compactor dumpsters.
Heide Planck was in a large dumpster compactor that was picked and taken to a landfill to empty. A truck drives up and pulls the dumpster onto the bed. An empty one is left in its place. Each dumpster had a locator, they knew when and approximately where it was dumped in the landfill. A smaller scale one would still be too heavy for anyone to lift out compacted garbage. Maybe a detachable dumpster is used to roll out to street for pick up.

 

[Knox]

I've seen many variations of compactor dumpsters.
Heide Planck was in a large dumpster compactor that was picked and taken to a landfill to empty. A truck drives up and pulls the dumpster onto the bed. An empty one is left in its place. Each dumpster had a locator, they knew when and approximately where it was dumped in the landfill. A smaller scale one would still be too heavy for anyone to lift out compacted garbage. Maybe a detachable dumpster is used to roll out to street for pick up.

If you looked at the pictures in the link I provided - the compactor feeds to a 3 or 4 yard bin. It has wheels and can be detached and rolled to the curb for collection. I have no idea what the exact set-up is, just making an educated guess based on space allowance of a basement area.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

I'm in the solid waste industry, Heidi was taken to a Landfill we own/operate. I'm very familar with the compactor boxes that were at the high rise where she disappeared. We also receive that type of waste at my own facility.

If you looked at the pictures in the link I provided - the compactor feeds to a 3 or 4 yard bin. It has wheels and can be detached and rolled to the curb for collection. I have no idea what the exact set-up is, just making an educated guess based on space allowance of a basement area.

Yes, you're right, could be what is used in that building in NY. No matter what type is used, I think the access still be secured, would be very limited, in that someone doesn't end up there except via the chute.
LOL sorry I forgot this, you do really know this business.

 

[borndem]

I still want to know how she got into the building in the first place.
Can anyone just walk into the building? Isn't there a person at the door?
I've been in a couple of nice apt. buildings, and they had a doorman/woman at all times. Sometimes they would help someone to come into the building (handicapped apt owner, someone with a broken leg, someone with lotsa packages, etc., etc.). I would think, at such a nice building, etc., there would be 24-hour service for the apt. owners.

 

[Lisbeth_S]

I still want to know how she got into the building in the first place.
Can anyone just walk into the building? Isn't there a person at the door?
I've been in a couple of nice apt. buildings, and they had a doorman/woman at all times. Sometimes they would help someone to come into the building (handicapped apt owner, someone with a broken leg, someone with lotsa packages, etc., etc.). I would think, at such a nice building, etc., there would be 24-hour service for the apt. owners.

My thoughts exactly.

It gives me bad Sasha Samsudean vibes.

LE must have CCTVs from inside the building and/or other very immediately clear evidence to substantiate the claim of no foul play IMO.

 

[LadyL]

These kinds of cases infuriate me to no end!

Kenyetta Jenkins, Libby Squire, and this young woman are all victims thanks to their so called "friends".

Kenyetta's friends ditched her after she got too drunk at a hotel party, and she locked herself inside an industrial sized freezer by accident.

Libby's friends basically did Jackie's coworkers did; shoved her into a cab after she drank way too much. She made it to her house, didn't make it to her door, wandered around, and was taken advantage or and murdered.

If just ONE person could have taken the time to help their friend or colleague

But nooooo lets just get rid of the annoying person so we can enjoy our good time

Seriously though!!! Your young, attractive, extremely intoxicated and highly vulnerable "friend" should not be put in that situation.

Really, really makes me disgusted for humanity.

you can't expect much more from them if they're just as wasted as their friend

 

[LadyL]

I can't find the video of her stumbling down the street. Anyone have the link handy? TIA

 

[whitelilac]

I can't find the video of her stumbling down the street. Anyone have the link handy? TIA

video here

Missing woman's body found at bottom of compactor chute in NYC building

A young woman found dead at the bottom of the compactor chute at a condo building in Manhattan may have gone missing a day before her gruesome discovery, law enforcement sources say. Police said a building employee came across the 24-year-old woman Friday afternoon in the basement of the...

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[LadyL]

video here

Missing woman's body found at bottom of compactor chute in NYC building

A young woman found dead at the bottom of the compactor chute at a condo building in Manhattan may have gone missing a day before her gruesome discovery, law enforcement sources say. Police said a building employee came across the 24-year-old woman Friday afternoon in the basement of the...

www.nbcnewyork.com

thank you
very sad

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

Going at least back to 2017, retail unit 538 on W 28th has had a small sign in the window that says "Pinch."

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Pinch is a food company directly across on W 27th:

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The building on W 27th appears to be part of the same complex as +aRt on W 28th, with a central courtyard between the two buildings. The whole complex looks like it would be about the same age and built by the same people, possibly with a shared basement area:

W 28th St · New York, NY 10001

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What's interesting is this innocuous-looking driveway entrance right next to the complex on W 27th. Could that be the entrance to the basement area?

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[ChatteringBirds]

So I guess people fall into these things, but it's hard to understand it happening to an adult. Her poor family.

 

[cottonweaver]

I've seen many variations of compactor dumpsters.
Heide Planck was in a large dumpster compactor that was picked and taken to a landfill to empty. A truck drives up and pulls the dumpster onto the bed. An empty one is left in its place. Each dumpster had a locator, they knew when and approximately where it was dumped in the landfill. A smaller scale one would still be too heavy for anyone to lift out compacted garbage. Maybe a detachable dumpster is used to roll out to street for pick up.

I didn't realise that they'd proved that in her case. How sad