Body Found Inside Trash Bag in Canarsie, Brooklyn

Around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2026, a scrap metal collector flagged down a sanitation truck after noticing an unusual black garbage bag near East 93rd Street and Avenue L in Canarsie, Brooklyn, outside a derelict former movie theatre. Officers from the 69th Precinct responded to a 911 call and confirmed the bag contained the body of a man who appeared to be in his 50s or 60s; his identity had not been released pending family notification. The collector reportedly dragged the bag for about a block before realising it contained human remains. Surveillance cameras captured two men removing the bag from the trunk of a sedan at approximately 1:30 a.m. and driving away. An autopsy was pending to determine the cause of death. Detectives from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are leading the investigation; no arrests had been made as of October 31. Residents in the normally quiet residential neighbourhood described the discovery as deeply unsettling, noting the Halloween timing heightened the horror.