A woman thought to be in her 30s was found dead in a bin in the driveway of a multi-family home on Staten Island early Friday, according to police and the building's landlord.
Cops got a call about the grisly discovery on Heberton Avenue in Port Richmond shortly before 6 a.m. Police said they have a tentative ID of the woman, although little about her -- or the circumstances of her death -- was known hours later.
According to the landlord, his surveillance cameras show two men coming from one of the apartments and carrying a bin out, with the woman's body inside. When the two men see someone walking down the street, they seem to panic and ditch the bin right in the driveway.
It's not clear what time that happened or who the men were, but the landlord said he didn't recognize the woman. He did say he has been trying to evict one of the men he says he saw on the surveillance video, allegedly because of people seen coming in and out of the apartment. That man is being questioned in the case, according to the landlord.
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Police said the woman was partially naked with a blanket wrapped around her. A woman who lives in the apartment building was woken up by the sounds of doors slamming and heard someone yell loudly for anyone who knew CPR.
It's not clear how the woman died. Police say an autopsy will confirm her cause and manner of death, but a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the case said there was no indication of trauma to her body. The landlord said there was some blood on her, but "he just looked like she was sleeping."
Citizen app video showed a heavy law enforcement response at the scene through the morning.
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No arrests have yet been made. Even if the medical examiner determines it was not a homicide, police could still make an arrest for improper disposal of human remains.
The investigation is ongoing.
