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Coverage dated September 23, 2026

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

Headline from Pix11

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 Cambell Ortiz, 38, was found wrapped in blankets in a garbage bag in the trash can off the Belt Parkway in Sheep…

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  1. ABC 7 New York

    Woman found dead in trash can near Plumb Beach in Sheepshead Bay identified (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    The body of 38-year-old Tanaya Campbell Ortiz of Queens was discovered in a trash can along the Belt Parkway near Plumb Beach in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn one week ago.

  2. Pix11

    NYC woman found in trash can at Plumb Beach was mother of 5: 'Devastated' (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    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 Cambell Ortiz, 38, was found wrapped in blankets in a garbage bag in the trash can off the Belt Parkway in Sheep…