VA VA - Fairfax, body found in tractor-trailer full of garbage at recycling center, 27 Feb 2023

[citizen_sleuth]

Body Found at Fairfax County Recycling Center - NBC4​

Workers at a recycling center discovered a body Monday while dumping out trash in Fairfax County, Virginia, police say.

The human remains fell out of the back of a tractor-trailer full of garbage while it was delivering a load at the Fairfax County Solid Waste Recycling Center on West Ox Road, police said.

Video from Chopper4 showed investigators sifting through the trash in the truck.

County police are investigating.

No further information was immediately available.

 

[Eli9]

I'm guessing the body came from a dumpster.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

I'm guessing the body came from a dumpster.

That is my thought as well. I used to live in the area (our trash was handled by Fairfax County) and if the body was in a residential trash bin, it would be picked up by recycling/garbage trucks. Since the body was found in a tractor-trailer, it seems that it either came from a commercial dumpster or a dumpster at a construction site. Hopefully it should be relatively easy to figure out where the trash in the truck came from.