Bare physique stuffed in duffel bag in NYC was troubled girl seduced by ‘life-style of the streets’: counselor

The younger girl discovered bare in a duffel bag and dumped beneath railroad tracks in East Harlem was a homeless drug addict recognized within the neighborhood as “sweetie,” an area drug counselor instructed The Post.

Madelyn Sosa, a recovering addict who now works with the Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, mentioned she noticed the tragic girl simply hours earlier than her physique was discovered dumped beneath Metro-North tracks at one hundred and twenty fifth Street and Park Avenue round 7 p.m. Monday.

“I called her ‘Sweetie,’” Sosa, 50, mentioned Tuesday. “I noticed her [Monday] morning and she or he was effective after I noticed her. But because the day progressed, I heard that she was closely sedated.

“She’s smoke K2, do heroin, smoke crack, do the pills,” she mentioned. “The lifestyle of the streets: Whatever is available.”

Sosa mentioned she by no means knew “Sweetie’s” actual identify, however mentioned she sometimes slept in Marcus Garvey Park or within the trash-strewn space beneath the commuter railroad tracks, not removed from the place she was discovered.

A neighborhood employee was clearing particles from the realm — a troubled spot the place locals mentioned homeless vagrants would congregate and drug use was frequent — when he made the grisly discovery, residents and retailers on the block mentioned.

Police converged on the scene and located the girl bare inside a rubbish bag, which was stuffed contained in the duffle again and left beneath the elevated tracks.

Cops are investigating and ready for a health worker’s dedication on the reason for dying.

Sosa, who has been in restoration for eight years, mentioned she would deliver the useless girl garments from her residence, in addition to blankets and meals, and tried to get her into her therapy program — to no avail.

“She’d say, ‘One day, one day,’” Sosa said. “And now she doesn’t have that day.

“My heart is saddened,” she added. “In the life of addiction, if is expected if you don’t seek help, if you stay in the streets — in the game, as they put it, long enough — it’s like dancing with the devil. He’s going to come knocking on your door.”