New York, NY- The body of a 26-year-old woman was found stuffed inside a bin outside the home of 56-year-old Glen Brancato in Staten Island early Friday morning.
Please identify the remains of the woman as 26-year-old Lahuma Payton. Brancato was arrested on Saturday and was charged with concealing a human corpse, tampering, and obstructing governmental Administration.
The New York City Police Department said the incident was captured on camera and are now seeking an accomplice who was videoed possibly assisting Brancato. According to the NYPD, there was a social gathering at the house Friday night. Police did not say how Payton died and are awaiting an autopsy and toxicology results from the medical examiner’s office.
It is suspected that Payton died of an overdose and was thrown in the trash bin by Brancato and another individual.