EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) --- Police have identified the woman who was found dead in a plastic bag under the Metro-North train tracks in Manhattan on Monday, authorities said.

The woman, Bonnie Schulman-Rice, was found underneath the Metro-North overpass near Park Avenue and 124th Street in East Harlem at around 6 p.m. A man who cleans the area found the body and flagged an MTA police officer.

Police said the woman was homeless, and area residents confirmed she was living under the train tracks.

"She was a sweetheart, very loving, caring young lady," a woman who knew Schulman-Rice told PIX11 News. "Had her story, had her situation. She was living in the streets."

Sources said the victim was found lying naked in a black garbage bag wrapped in a green laundry bag. Investigators beli

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