A man was arrested Friday for allegedly dumping a woman’s dead body in a suitcase found in the woods in his hometown of Huntington. Suffolk County police said.
Ronald Schroeder was charged with concealment of a human corpse. MTA Police took the 31-year-old man into custody at Penn Station, where he was also found to have a warrant and was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Police had identified the victim as Seikeya Jones, 31, who was reported missing on Aug. 16 and had been last seen in Huntington Station. The suitcase was discovered behind an apartment complex near 320 Nassau Road. According to multiple news outlets, residents noticed a strong odor and notified police, who then discovered the suitcase.
Jones was known to be homeless before her death. The Suffolk County Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy to determine her cause of death.
Schroeder will be arraigned Saturday at Central Islip District Court.
