The dismembered body of a 22-year-old woman was found in two suitcases at an apartment in New York City this week.
Police were called to the scene of the incident at 315 Linwood Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, at around 1.30pm on Wednesday after neighbours complained about a foul smell coming from the flat.
Other residents had told the building's security officers that the woman who lived at the flat had not been seen for nearly a week, police said.