Authorities identify body found inside NYC skyscraper air duct as missing cleaning woman
By APMonday, July 13, 2009
NYC skyscraper body ID’d as missing cleaning woman
NEW YORK — The New York City medical examiner has officially identified a body found in a Manhattan skyscraper as that of a missing cleaning woman.
Police found the body of Eridania (ehr-ee-DAH’-nee-uh) Rodriguez in a 12th-floor air-conditioning duct on Saturday at a building near the World Trade Center site.
Her identity was confirmed Monday by the medical examiner’s spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.
Rodiguez had been bound and gagged, and a gold crucifix was taped to her mouth. She had been missing since last Tuesday.
The 46-year-old mother of three was the sister of professional bodybuilder Victor Martinez. She was a native of the Dominican Republic who lived in upper Manhattan.
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