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Body found wrapped in comforter inside plastic bag, cops say

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Published Oct. 16, 2021
Updated Oct. 16, 2021, 8:33 p.m. ET
NYPD and city officials at the scene of where a dead body was found on the sidewalk in Brooklyn.
NYPD and city officials at the scene of where a dead body was found on the sidewalk in Brooklyn. Peter Gerber

A dead body was found Saturday on a Brooklyn sidewalk, wrapped in a comforter and placed in a black bag, police said.

The NYPD is now probing the circumstances behind the gruesome find.

Police sources told The Post the body was that of a woman, but NYPD officials would not confirm that early Saturday evening.

The body being transported away from the sidewalk.
The body being transported away from the sidewalk. Peter Gerber
The woman's body was found wrapped in a comforter and placed inside of a plastic bag.
The woman’s body was found wrapped in a comforter and placed inside of a plastic bag. Peter Gerber

Police said a call placed to 911 around 12:40 p.m. reported a dead body spotted on Herkimer Street.

Responding officers found a body wrapped in a comforter and then placed in a bag with duct tape around, it near Van Sinderen Avenue and Herkimer Street in the Cypress Hills section.

Police offered no further information.