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A Glendale school’s chimney hid a body for weeks, an exterminator found it chasing a smell

An exterminator discovered human remains inside a chimney at P.S./I.S. 113 in Glendale, Queens, after responding to a foul odor; the school was closed for summer construction and no students were present.

A Glendale school’s chimney hid a body for weeks, an exterminator found it chasing a smell

An exterminator discovered human remains inside a chimney at P.S./I.S. 113 in Glendale, Queens, after responding to a foul odor; the school was closed for summer construction and no students were present.

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An exterminator called to a Glendale public school on Tuesday morning found the remains of an unidentified adult male stuffed inside a chimney, according to reporting by the New York Daily News, NBC New York, and QNS.

Police received a call just before 9 a.m. at P.S./I.S. 113, the Anthony J. Pranzo School, at 78-23 87th St. NBC New York, citing a law enforcement source, reported that a janitor first smelled something pungent coming from the chimney and called an exterminator, who then opened the ash dump and found a shoe, then felt a foot. School custodian Brendan Chavez told QNS he was the second person to see the remains, after the pest control worker flagged him down.

“It was the pest control guy who caught the smell and opened it up and found an older man inside,” Chavez told QNS. “It was definitely not a kid but an older gentleman with like a nine-inch foot. The pest control guy who found it first, I was the second guy. He was here but he went home, I guess it was too much for him.”

P.S./I.S. 113 serves about 750 students in pre-K through eighth grade, according to NBC New York. The building was empty when the remains were found…

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