IThe young woman’s body was found stuffed inside a blue plastic recycling bin which was located in an alley across from a vacant lot. Wood-framed garages lined one side of the alley. On the other side was an open area filled with weeds. The city’s garbage crew found the body at 7:32 a.m. that morning: that was the recorded time called in. The cart had been blocking the alley, and when the trash collector rolled the cart to the side to let the garbage truck pass, he sensed that the cart contained more than recyclables.
The police arrived with screeching sirens and flashing lights. They quickly taped off the alley. The first detective did not appear until thirty minutes later and that was Detective Gilbert Bass. He parked on the street, halfway into the alley’s entrance, next to a squad car
