A 66-year-old hoarder — who was a former film and television production designer — was found mummified in her Queens home under a massive pile of garbage, police said.
The woman’s sister told police she had not heard from Evelyn Sakash, who was described as a “heavy hoarder,” since October 2020.
The sister had recently come to New York to find Sakash and hired a cleaning crew to clear out the woman’s house on 123rd Street in College Point to see if she was inside, cops said.
The cleaners discovered Sakash’s mummified body around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday under debris in the kitchen, according to police.
No criminality was suspected in her death.
Evelyn Sakash, a hoarder who had been missing since September 2020, was found in her Queens home.GoFundMeSakash has production credits on IMDb for dozens of projects from the 1980s to the mid-2010s.
Some of her most well-known work can be seen on “Sesame Street,” “Law and Order” and “Orange Is the New Black.”
“We miss you Evelyn, my dear talented, soulful friend,” a contributor posted on a GoFundMe page to raise money to cover her funeral.
