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Woman puts roommate's body in suitcase

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A New York City woman is under investigation after she allegedly put her dead roommate in a suitcase and left it outside an abandoned house.

Monique Exum, 36, told police she found her 73-year-old roommate Johnny Davis dead in their Bronx apartment on May 31. She said she put him the suitcase "to avoid trouble," the New York Daily News reported.

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She moved the suitcase to the porch of an abandoned house in the Williamsbridge neighborhood and placed a note on it saying "rest in peace." The suitcase sat there for three months until a neighbor called police on Sunday.

The newspaper said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

Exum was charged with improper body removal and was being held on $500 bond, police said.

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