BROOKLYN — Investigators have identified the skeletal remains of a woman nearly two years after she was found stuffed in a scorched suitcase in a burned-out Bedford-Stuyvesant building.
They're still looking for her killer, police said.
Erica McDaniel, a 30-year-old who went by the nickname "Love," was killed and left inside 174 Hull St., near Mother Gaston Boulevard, according to police and an online obituary.
Her body was found inside a burned suitcase about 1:30 p.m. on March 23, 2013, according to the NYPD.
McDaniel was the victim of a homicide, but the medical examiner's office did not know how exactly she was killed, a spokeswoman said.
The apartment had been the scene of a fire a year earlier on May 9, 2012, police said. It is unclear how long the suitcase had been there.
McDaniel had once lived in Kansas but her last known address was 1084 Bedford Ave., near Greene Avenue, in Bed-Stuy, police said.
A memorial for McDaniel was held on Jan. 22, 2014, in Junction City, Kan., where her mother and father still live, according to an online obituary.
Investigators are still trying to figure out who was behind McDaniel's death.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).
