Nine days after she disappeared from her home, the authorities found Nisaa Walcott, hairdresser and mother of
dead in a plastic container on a street in the Bronx. years.
The body was found yesterday afternoon in a plastic container dumped along the Deegan Expressway, a few blocks from Yankee Stadium. Walcott resided in East Harlem, Manhattan. A medical examiner will determine when and how she died.
Walcott was found in the dumpster just before 2 pm, in front of a storage facility on University Ave. near Sedgwick Ave. in the Highbridge neighborhood. The victim was a beautician at a barbershop, reported Daily News.
A relative reported Walcott missing Thursday, a law enforcement source said. She was last seen on February 16. An aunt of Walcott, Bernadette Butler Colón, posted about her disappearance on Facebook on Friday.
“She has a wonderful son and a host of family and friends waiting for her safe return home. ”, the aunt wrote. “This is strange as she would never abandon her beloved son.”
“She was a great mother. She was always there for him. Everything she did was for her son, ”commented her friend and her co-worker Norma Menedez. “We have no idea who would do something so cruel to her.”