SHAWN COHEN FROM DAILYMAIL
- Heather Stines, 45, was arrested on Monday night after an anonymous call was made to an NYPD tipline, DailyMail.com can reveal
- Although Stines has been detained, she has not yet been charged. It’s unclear who the body parts belong to, and DNA testing is under way
- Stines’s elderly aunt, Amy Stines, expressed her shock and horror, saying: ‘Oh God, I just can’t fathom this’
A Brooklyn woman has been detained after a severed head and multiple body parts were found in her freezer.
Heather Stines, 45, was detained on Monday night after cops received a tip about the grisly find, sources told DailyMail.com.
Stines has not been charged. It’s unclear who the body parts belong to, and DNA testing is under way. It’s understood the body parts have been removed from the apartment.
NYPD confirmed that they were called to the apartment on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn at 7.10pm. Once there, officers ‘observed an unconscious and unresponsive, unidentified male inside the apartment’.
‘EMS responded and pronounced the aided deceased on the scene,’ NYPD said in a statement.
The medical examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation remains ongoing.
It’s unclear how long Stines has lived in the apartment for, but neighbors…
