Unique tattoo could be key in solving mystery of remains in NYC

Police hope a distinctive tattoo of a rose will help them identify the skeletal remains of a petite woman found in a trash bag along the Jackie Robinson Highway earlier this month.

The NYPD on Thursday released a photo of the ink as well as several pictures of jewelry belonging to the victim, believed to have been a black or Hispanic woman between 20 and 30 years old, standing between 4-foot-5 and 5-foot-2.

She had dark brown curly hair with bleached ends, with the rose tattoo on her upper left buttocks.

A Department of Transportation worker made the grisly discovery while mowing the grass next to the highway, just steps from Cypress Hills Cemetery, around 10:30 a.m. Aug. 6, cops and sources said.

Photos showed the possible human skeleton in a body bag being taken away by authorities with headstones from Cypress Hill Cemetery visible in the background.

The graveyard is where Brooklyn Dodgers baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who lent his name to the abutting thoroughfare, is buried.

Anyone with information on the woman’s identity is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.