Horror on New York sidewalk: Woman's body found stuffed inside duffel bag

The East Harlem area of New York City reeled in horror after a woman's body was found stuffed inside a duffel bag. The green bag was found on the sidewalk near the Metro North station in 125th and Park Avenue in East Harlem by a passerby, looking for bottles for recycling, who then immediately informed the police.

The body is believed to be that of a white woman in her 20s. The body was discovered inside a black garbage bag that had been stuffed into a green duffel bag and cinched shut with a drawstring before it was dumped on the New York City sidewalk, according to sources cited by the New York Post .

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Police have collected evidence from the sidewalk. According to