Body of 70-year-old woman found inside trash bag in New York, one person charged with concealment of corpse
Inga Bearden, 53, was charged with concealment of a corpse
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Four people were taken into custody for questioning after the deceased body of a 70-year-old woman was found stuffed inside a garbage bag inside a luxury apartment building in the Bronx in New York City.
Police responded to the scene on Grand Concourse Avenue in Mott Haven just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, according to the New York Daily News. The victim is from Georgia and was staying with relatives in the Bronx apartment.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The victim was discovered by her daughter-in-law, whose mother is the tenant of record at the apartment, police said.
Two men and two women — who are related to the victim — were questioned by police but three have since been released.
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Inga Bearden, 53, was charged with concealment of a corpse, a felony, police said, according to the New York Daily News. Bearden's relationship to the victim is unclear.
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Authorities said there were no signs of physical trauma to the body, as police await autopsy results to determine a cause of death.
The discovery comes just days after another woman, 52-year-old Nadia Vitel, was found stuffed inside a duffel bag in her apartment in the Kips Bay neighborhood. Two squatters were arrested in Pennsylvania after leaving New York in Vitel's stolen SUV and crashing it.