A woman whose chopped-up remains were found stuffed in a black plastic bag in a Brooklyn basement over the weekend was a married mom of four last seen enjoying a night out, according to kin and cops.
The dismembered body of Michelle Montgomery, 39, was discovered by NYCHA workers at the Borinquen Public Houses around 9:40 a.m. Sunday, authorities and sources said.
Montgomery lived at another NYCHA complex with her kids – the youngest a 10-month-old son — fewer than 4 miles from the scene, said her husband, Anthony Echevarria, 37.
Michelle Montgomery, 30, was found dismembered, with her remains stuffed in a bag, at NYCHA’s Borinquen Houses, cops and sources said.
NYCHA workers made the gruesome discovery Sunday morning, sources said. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockThe victim also had two daughters, ages 11 and 12, as well as a 19-year-old son.
The day before her death, the family was spending time together making TikToks, Echevarria told The Post.
Then Montgomery went out with her friends — which she didn’t often get to do “because we’re here with the kids 24/7,” her husband said.
“It is [shocking] because she left this house alive, vibrant, happy with friends, and she never came back,” Echevarria said. “I expected my wife to come back home any other time she went out.”
The circumstances of Montgomery’s death will be officially determined by the city medical examiner’s office, cops said. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
No arrests had been made in Montgomery’s death by Tuesday. Kyle Mazza/TheNEWS2 via ZUMA / SplashNews.com“Everybody is in shock,” said her husband, Anthony Echevarria, 37, to the outlet. “Things are running through my head like a broken record. We’ve been holding each other ever since [we found out].
“She said she was just going out with friends,” he said, noting that she spent the evening at the Mexican restaurant Mama Taco on Flushing Avenue. “I didn’t know them.”
No arrests had been made by Tuesday morning, and the circumstances of Montgomery’s death will be officially determined by the city medical examiner’s office, cops said.
Police also did not immediately know whether Montgomery had any connection to the building where her remains were found.
Echevarria said he’s still “in the dark” about the circumstances of his wife’s death.
“The police didn’t tell me nothing,” he said. “The medical examiner didn’t tell me, didn’t give me nothing. I don’t know nothing.
“You probably want me to say, speak on behalf [of] how she [died],” the grieving husband said. “Honestly I can’t.
“She was great,” he said. “She’s not here, and I’m angry that she’s not.”
On Sunday, maintenance people were seen coming in and out of the compact room at the front of the building, according to two sisters who live there and wished to remain anonymous.
“There’s a silver door right here in the front, and that’s where the maintenance people go into,” a sister told The Post at the time. “That’s where they found the body.”
