NYC woman found in trash can at Plumb Beach was mother of 5: 'Devastated'

Police identified Tanaya Campbell Ortiz, a 38-year-old mother of five from Queens, as the woman found in a trash can near Plumb Beach in Brooklyn. Her body was wrapped in blankets and placed in a garbage bag off the Belt Parkway. Authorities confirmed the identity following the discovery in Sheepshead Bay.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (PIX11) --- A Queens mother of five has been identified as the woman found in a trash can near Plumb Beach in Brooklyn, according to police and the family. Tanaya Campbell Ortiz, 38, was found wrapped in blankets in a garbage bag in the trash can off the Belt Parkway in Sheepshead [...]
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