NYC skyscraper body ID'd as cleaning woman

NEW YORK - The New York City medical examiner has officially identified a body found in a Manhattan skyscraper as that of a missing cleaning woman.

Police found the body of Eridania Rodriguez in a 12th-floor air-conditioning duct on Saturday at a building near the World Trade Center site.

Her identity was confirmed Monday by the medical examiner's spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.

Rodriguez had been bound and gagged, and a gold crucifix was taped to her mouth. She had been missing since last Tuesday.

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