NY NY - Bronx, WhtMale, 40-60, UP5726, found in plastic bag on sidewalk, hands not recovered, Brooks Brothers shirt w/ "Felix" on laundry tag, Sept'03

[citizen_sleuth]

NamUs #UP5726

Demographics
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 60
Estimated Age Range (Years): 40-60
Estimated Year of Death: 2003
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 5'10" (70 inches), Measured
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: September 25, 2003
NamUs Case Created: August 10, 2009
ME/C QA Reviewed: August 11, 2009
Location Found: Bronx, New York
County: Bronx County
Circumstances of Recovery: Unknown male found in plastic bag on sidewalk of Story Avenue. A passerby had noticed the bag about three weeks prior, and went over to investigate after realizing that it had never been removed.
Inventory of Remains: One or both hands not recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: Brownish, wavy hair (3-4")
Eye Description: Absent
Distinctive Physical Features: N/A

Clothing and Accessories
- light colored Brooks Brothers shirt with small laundry tag on inside reading "felix"; blue jeans, black socks, boxer shorts (On the Body)
- Shoes (On the Body)

No exclusions.

 

[cheemsg]

What an insanely bizarre listing. A grown man's full body in a garbage bag on a sidewalk, unnoticed for at least three weeks? Just watching the thread while I look for stuff, thank you for posting, hope we can boost this case.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

What an insanely bizarre listing. A grown man's full body in a garbage bag on a sidewalk, unnoticed for at least three weeks? Just watching the thread while I look for stuff, thank you for posting, hope we can boost this case.

In NYC, they don't really use dumpsters, so people just put their garbage bags on the sidewalk instead.

 

[MurderMittens]

SO strange???

 

[AguaFlorida2001]

?? how do you fit an entire human body in a plastic bag? Are we talking a garbage bag or a plastic bag?

 

[cheemsg]

?? how do you fit an entire human body in a plastic bag? Are we talking a garbage bag or a plastic bag?

I assume a big garbage bag. He wasn't that small either, so it can't have been easy to wrangle him into it. I wonder if maybe he was dismembered but all in one bag?

 

[citizen_sleuth]

I assume a big garbage bag. He wasn't that small either, so it can't have been easy to wrangle him into it. I wonder if maybe he was dismembered but all in one bag?

Considering the NamUs page says one or both hands were not recovered, it sounds like he was possibly dismembered (not sure how else his hands wouldn’t have been recovered).