Foul odor leads to discovery of rotting corpse in chimney of Queens public school
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NEW YORK — A rotting human corpse was found stuffed in the chimney of a Queens public school Tuesday, police said.
An exterminator investigating a foul odor at PS/IS 113, the Anthony Pranzo School, in Glendale found the remains in the chimney just before 9 a.m. Cops are now trying to identify the adult male.
School ended for the summer on Friday and no students or school staff were inside the building on 87th St. near 78th Ave. when the grisly discovery was made, police said.
Contractors had been working on the school building over the last few days, a police source said. Cops are now trying to determine if all the workers have been accounted for.
City Medical Examiner workers removed the body and will determine how the man died.
—Cayla Bamberger contributed to this story.
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