Woman found dead inside inside black plastic bag in Brooklyn apartment building was chopped up

Authorities revealed on Monday that a woman discovered deceased inside a black plastic bag in a Brooklyn apartment had been dismembered. The case has been classified as a homicide, although the exact cause of Michelle Montgomery’s death, aged 39, remains undetermined.

The grim discovery occurred around 9:35 a.m. on Sunday, when workers from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) stumbled upon the scene at a Borinquen Houses complex located on Bushwick Avenue, near Seigel Street in East Williamsburg.

Police have identified Montgomery as a resident of the Gowanus Houses, situated roughly four miles away from where she was found.

The building where Montgomery’s remains were located has a notorious past. In 2008, it was the site of a harrowing double murder, where a woman was fatally shot by her abusive partner. In a tragic turn of events, the woman’s father then shot and killed the boyfriend in an act of retribution.

Michelle Montgomery, 39, was found dead on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, by Housing Authority workers at a Borinquen Houses building on Bushwick Ave. near Seigel St. in Brooklyn. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Michelle Montgomery, 39, was found dead on Sunday by Housing Authority workers at a Borinquen Houses building on Bushwick Ave. near Seigel St. in Brooklyn. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

The building where she was found was the scene of a gruesome double murder in 2008 in which a woman was fatally shot by her abusive boyfriend, who was then shot dead shot by the woman’s vengeful father.

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