Body in Garbage Bag Found in Homestead

Police investigate after woman's body discovered early Monday

Police are investigating after a woman's body was discovered stuffed into a garbage bag in Homestead Monday morning.

The discovery was made at about 3 a.m. in the area of Southwest 320th Street and Northwest 7th Avenue.

Authorities said the woman didn't die from natural causes but didn't identify her. The body is that of a black female, and foul play is suspected, police said.

Miami-Dade Police are helping Homestead Police investigate, authorities said. Miami-Dade detectives spent hours at the scene, processing a green pickup truck for fingerprints and taking away paper bags.

Next to the truck is the backyard where a family said it discovered the body wrapped in a garbage bag. A man who lives at the family's home on the corner of Southwest 320th Street and Northwest 7th Avenue told NBC 6 his green truck was stolen Sunday night and returned early Monday.

The body was found soon thereafter, but detectives said the family may have nothing to do with the crime.

ā€œThis family is a good family, and someone bad came around. It happens in the streets," said Diana Hernandez, a close friend of the family.

Police ask anyone with information on the case to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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