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Woman's Body Found Discarded In Laundry Bag In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are investigating after a woman's body was found inside a laundry bag discarded behind a Brooklyn building.

A passerby found the bag that looked like it had hair coming out of it around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lott Avenue and about a block away from P.S. 165.

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Upon further investigation, that individual realized a woman's body was inside. The bag was resting between a blue rug and a couple of tires.

All police know at this time is that the woman is an African American and that she wore corn rows. Authorities believe the body was not sitting at the location very long.

Authorities are still trying to determine who the women is and how she died.

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