UNSOLVED PA - Philadelphia, Female Skeletal Remains in Suitcase, Jul'18

[Gardener1850]

An investigation is underway after human remains were found in a suitcase in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.

A passerby made the grisly discovery around 4:15 p.m. on the 2700 block of Ruby Terrace.

Detectives say a manager and housing police at a nearby housing development noticed a strong odor and saw maggots coming from a 2 feet by 2 feet suitcase. They then discovered the remains of an unidentified woman inside.

Human Remains Found in Suitcase in Southwest Philadelphia

Housing authority police made the discovery after neighbors complained of an odor coming from a dumpster.

Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker said it appears to be the partially decomposed body of a woman and the body appears to be intact.

Maggots were found on the suitcase.

Police said trash pickup was Monday so they think the suitcase was left there.

Video at link shows the suitcase: Human remains found in suitcase in Southwest Philly

Several photos of the scene: Skeletal remains found in suitcase on Philadelphia street

 

[joijoi12]

This is so disturbing. I hope that someone comes forward or they find surveillance that will bring them answers.

 

[DakotaMayi]

Oh god, how awful. Nothing good is going to come from this. I hope she can be identified.

 

[DakotaMayi]

Do we have any mispers in the area that may fit?

 

[cybervampira]

I just entered her, that's pretty close:

PA - PA - Prestige Smalls, 16, Philadelphia, 21 May 2018

She was last seen on Monday, May 21th, 2018, on the 2700 block of Winton Terrace.

 

[Gardener1850]

Do we have any mispers in the area that may fit?

I bumped a few threads yesterday but there are so many missing in Philadelphia it's hard to narrow it down. Philly PD posts the missing on their site here: Philly Police Blog | Missing Persons
Many are updated found soon after being posted but there are lots of unresolved cases

 

[Gardener1850]

I just entered her, that's pretty close:

PA - PA - Prestige Smalls, 16, Philadelphia, 21 May 2018

The Unidentified Remains were found about 3 miles from where she was last seen: Google Maps

I don't think it is likely to be her, however. She is somewhat tall and big, so I'm not sure she would fit in a suitcase (The body was said to be intact).

 

[cvaldez1975]

I just entered her, that's pretty close:

PA - PA - Prestige Smalls, 16, Philadelphia, 21 May 2018

but would a woman that size fit in a 2 x 2 suitcase? shes 5"7 and 220.

 

[cvaldez1975]

its been a few months but I don't see where she has been located on that particular site. she would fit in that size suitcase.

Philly Police Blog | Missing Juvenile – Deshanti Williams – From the 22nd District

 

[cybervampira]

but would a woman that size fit in a 2 x 2 suitcase? shes 5"7 and 220.

I don’t know. There are suitcases and there are big suitcaes. And it’s no hard case suitcase, so I guess with some force, anything is possible. After seeing the body bag pictures, I thought this is not a small woman.

 

[Gardener1850]

I don’t know. There are suitcases and there are big suitcaes. And it’s no hard case suitcase, so I guess with some force, anything is possible. After seeing the body bag pictures, I thought this is not a small woman.
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You may be right, I think they wrapped up the entire suitcase several times with a tarp. Here is one that shows the suitsace by the dumpster before they covered it:

Skeletal remains found in suitcase on Philadelphia street

 

[carbuff]

Day after discovery of body in suitcase in SW Philly, a body is found wrapped in plastic in Spring Garden

Another body found today -- article has some information about this case as well.

 

[KJ's Mamu]

This is probably a remote possibility...but this missing person is only a little under 7 hours from where this body was found and she is probably small enough to fit in a 2 ft x 2 ft suitcase.

OH - OH - Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi, 23, Ashtabula County, 9 Jul 2018

 

[villiscan]

Suitcase/trunk murders are an interesting sub-genre.

 

[Really?]

NBC10 is reporting a male body found on I-95 as they remind us this makes 3 bodies in 2 days.

 

[madamx]

Day after discovery of body in suitcase in SW Philly, a body is found wrapped in plastic in Spring Garden

Another body found today -- article has some information about this case as well.

Looks like this body in the plastic (tarpaulin) that was found in a Spring Garden Row House was that of a Male.
So that's 2 Males and one Female in 3 days. I wonder how many miles apart each were from each other?

 

[madamx]

You may be right, I think they wrapped up the entire suitcase several times with a tarp. Here is one that shows the suitsace by the dumpster before they covered it:

Skeletal remains found in suitcase on Philadelphia street

I wonder how long the body was in the suitcase to become skeletonized?

 

[madamx]

I had started a thread on this guy missing from Philly in Aug 2017. I have not seen any updates if he was ever found. Just thought I would post him here PA - PA - Ismael Flores Ward, 29, Philadelphia, 28 Aug 2017

 

[DakotaMayi]

NBC10 is reporting a male body found on I-95 as they remind us this makes 3 bodies in 2 days.

Say what?! As if this wasn't worrying enough.

 

[carbuff]

Apparently "skeletonized" doesn't necessarily mean nothing but bones. It can mean just that bones were showing. Per my cop friend, anyway. With maggots and flies calling attention to the suitcase, it's unlikely she was nothing but bones.