A dead body was found wrapped in a sleeping bag on top of a dolly along a New York City sidewalk Friday, according to police. 

The shocking daylight discovery was made after police responded to a 911 call about a suspicious package in Manhattan’s East Side neighborhood of Kips Bay just before 5 p.m., the NYPD says. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the person dead. 

Video from the scene shows the dark-colored sleeping bag with the body inside atop the dolly surrounded by black trash bags which were waiting for collection. The dolly was tied to a scaffolding railing by a red strap. 

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Ted Oehmke, who shot video of the grim scene from inside a friend’s building, tells Fox News Digital that on Thursday night he noticed a BMW SUV parked next to where the body was found with its hatch open. The vehicle was not there on Friday afternoon. 

He says he is baffled by the discovery. 

“That’s a lot of trouble to go through… and then to do all that and then just drop it on the sidewalk,” he said. “If they don’t get caught I’ll call them geniuses because, with the cameras and everything, I don’t know how you would expect to get away with [that].”

The cause of death is unclear and police have not publicly identified the body. The Medical Examiner will ultimately determine the cause of death.

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The body was found outside Apel’s Alterations, pictured in 2022. (Google Maps)

Oehmke says he saw police open the top of the bag, and it appeared to show a white or Hispanic man in his 60s. 

The body was outside a now-shuttered alterations store called “Apel’s Alterations.” The owner died a few years ago, Oehmke says. 

Oehmke says he has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years, and it is known for people sleeping rough.

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Police and onlookers at the scene where the body was discovered. (Ted Oehmke)

“For some reason, I’m just not really surprised. I don’t know, I guess it doesn’t happen that often, but I see people sleeping around here in all kinds of ways too,” he said. “Sleeping in the garbage or curled up and stuff, and it looks like people are dead. I’ve seen people that I thought were dead before, but they’re actually alive.”

“There’s a lot of activity around here. The Bellevue ‘psych’ hospital is down the block and the largest men’s shelter in the city is here,” he added.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing, police say.

The week will start off hot and may get hotter as the days pass, before rain impacts from Hurricane Beryl are felt across the region, according to the National Weather Service.

The Boston region will be placed under a heat advisory as of Monday at noon, NWS Meteorologist Kyle Pederson told the Herald, and though it’s currently slated to end Tuesday at 8 p.m., the advisory may extend through Wednesday.

“The heat index is going to get into the upper 90s, especially in the suburbs of Boston,” from Monday through Wednesday, Pederson said, and “Wednesday looks the hottest of the three for the heat index.”

“Boston itself will be a little cooler since it’s right on the water, but you go a few miles inland and It’s going to be hot,” he said.

According to the heat advisory, it will be dangerously hot in southern Worcester, central Middlesex, western Norfolk, northern Bristol, and western Plymouth counties, as well as parts of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

The weather service warns the weather conditions “may cause heat illnesses.”

“Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors,” the advisory reads, in part.

Monday will be hot and humid, Pederson said, with high temperatures in the low 90s expected under mostly sunny conditions. NWS forecasts are calling for patchy fog before 7 a.m. on Monday morning, and more fog early morning on Tuesday.

Temperatures on Tuesday will climb further, into the mid-90s, with similar humid conditions and mostly sunny skies.

Wednesday it could hit 97 degrees, Pederson predicts.

Thursday could bring some relief from the heat, with temperatures forecast in the middle 80s, but it could also bring the first scattered effects of Tropical Storm Beryl, which is expected to return to hurricane strength before its Monday morning landfall in Texas’ gulf region.

“That moisture left over from Beryl could come up this direction and we could see some heavier rain later this week. Details are still fuzzy, but we’re looking like a Thursday-Friday-Saturday time frame,” Pederson said.

NWS shows the chance of rain on Thursday at 40% and that the day will otherwise be mostly sunny.

More rain is possible Friday and Saturday — a 30% and 40% chance, respectively, according to NWS — with temperatures again climbing toward the 90-degree range. Sunday currently shows as mostly sunny with high temperatures near 90 degrees.

Livvy Dunne has been frequenting Pittsburgh to watch Pirates ace Paul Skenes light it up on the mound at PNC Park.

The LSU gymnast and social media stunner has been dating Skenes since their LSU days, and she’s now is embracing life by the Three Rivers while she roots on her man.

This weekend, Skenes was named to the MLB All-Star Game roster, and Dunne was ecstatic.

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To celebrate Skenes’ big accoplishment in his rookie campaign, Dunne called on a local staple. She brought out the balloons, some Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label champagne, and pizza from none other than Primanti Brothers.

Sure, Primanti Bros. is more nown for its sandwiches that are topped with coleslaw and french fries, but sometimes you’re just in the pizza mood.

And we have to give Livvy some grace, because she’s still learning the ropes in the Steel City.

The mustached right-hander has been lighting it up during his rookie season in Pittsburgh. He has struck out seven or more batters in nine of his 10 starts, which is the most ever by a pitcher over

Skenes has also been throwing the heat, with 74 pitches of at least 100 mph, more than double anyone else in MLB.

The 2024 MLB All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 16, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Expect to see Livvy there in full support of her favorite Buc

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