Heartbroken dad speaks out as woman, 24, found dead in building's rubbish chute
The devastated dad of a 24-year-old woman who was found dead in a rubbish chute after apparently entering a building has spoken out on her death.
The body of Jaclyn Elmquist was found at the bottom of a rubbish chute in a luxury New York apartment building after she went missing following a work party. Concerns were raised when she failed to turn up to work or return to her Brooklyn home which prompted friends and family to desperately try to find her.
The young woman was captured in surveillance footage stumbling along West 28th Street in Manhattan, New York at around 11.45pm on Thursday, November 30 and trying to open doors along the street before ending up at the luxury apartment building. "It hasn't been determined if she was intoxicated but it's a possibility," a police source said. "It's being looked at." Missing photos and flyers across the area were put up to help locate her until she was found.
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Her dad, James Elmquist, of Minnesota, was outside his daughter’s Brooklyn apartment on Sunday afternoon. He told the New York Post: "We’re going through Jackie’s things now. It’s tragic and, uh, it’s just a bad situation I can’t really talk." He then teared up and eventually became too choked up to speak.
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She was last seen getting into a yellow taxi outside the posh Catch Steakhouse in Manhattan (Jackieelmquist/Facebook)Jaclyn's cousin said in a Friday post on Twitter that she failed to come home after a work party Thursday night in Manhattan. "My cousin Jackie Elmquist has been missing since last night after she left a work party in Manhattan - she didn’t come home or show up for work this morning please spread the word so people in the area can see it since all of her family lives here in Minnesota."
The young woman was captured in surveillance footage stumbling along West 28th Street in Manhattan (NBC New York)Missing posters had indicated the victim was last seen getting into a yellow taxi outside the posh Catch Steakhouse in Manhattan. Her concerned family was able to track her phone to 184 11th Street before the signal was lost. Jaclyn's body was eerily discovered at the apartment building just a few streets away.
Police were called to the scene at around 2.40pm following reports of someone injured in the area after a maintenance man had discovered the body while taking out the rubbish. However, on Saturday afternoon it was tragically confirmed the body found at the bottom of a rubbish chute on Friday evening was indeed Jaclyn, who was originally from Minnesota.
Jaclyn Elmquist was found at the bottom of a rubbish chute in a luxury New York apartment building (Peter Gerber)Cops did not believe any foul play in the death and said it appeared as though she had died as a result of falling down the rubbish chute. The body was discovered with evidence of trauma to the body and head. "It's terrible. Man, I feel awful for that person," a neighbour said.
It is unclear how long she had been in the basement before being discovered. Investigators were at the apartment complex gathering information throughout Friday night. The upmarket 13 story +art building is just one street away from High Line Park and has property going for millions of dollars.
Her dad, James Elmquist, was outside his daughter’s Brooklyn apartment on Sunday afternoon (Peter Gerber)A spokesman for NYPD said on Saturday: "A 24-year-old woman was found unconscious and unresponsive in a garbage compactor at the bottom of a trash chute at 540 West 28th Street. EMS responded and pronounced her dead at the scene. Preliminary investigations suggest she died having fallen down the garbage chute. No criminality is suspected at this time. The medical examiner will confirm the exact cause of death. At this time the investigation remains ongoing."
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