Foul odor leads to discovery of rotting corpse in chimney of Queens public school 11%

By Thomas Tracy41%

6/30/2026, 4:04:36 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Quote-first Misdirection, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 41.3% saturation with 83 hits. Analysis detected 245 faulty-reasoning hits from 201 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.7% and a BS Rank of 11% (18,312 of 20,366 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the article peer group.

A rotting human corpse was found stuffed in the chimney of a Queens public school Tuesday, police said. 
An exterminator investigating a foul odor at PS/IS 113, the Anthony Pranzo School, in Glendale found the remains in the chimney just before 9 a.m. 
Cops are now trying to identify the adult male. 
School ended for the summer on Friday and no students or school staff were inside the building on 87th St. near 78th Ave. when the grisly discovery was made, police said. 
Contractors had been working on the school building over the last few days, a police source said. 
Cops are now trying to determine if all the workers have been accounted for. 
City Medical Examiner workers and the NYPD Emergency Services Unit were called in to remove the body and determine how he died. 
“This discovery is deeply upsetting and concerning, and we are making sure the right supports are in place for the entire school community while the NYPD investigates,” Department of Education spokeswoman Dominique Ellison said. 
“There were no students present this morning as the building is closed this summer for construction. 
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2speakers36%attributed speech128writer words
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