Body Found In DC Apartment Trash Can Identified Harold Fisher March 21, 2023 at 2:48 pm in In The News - Afternoon Headlines, NEWS Tweet (Washington, DC) — The DC medical examiner’s office has identified the body of the woman found in a trash can in Southeast. 59 year old Yvette Spencer had been missing since last week. A worker cleaning up behind a Randle Highlands apartment building on 27th Street made the shocking discovery after opening the can Monday afternoon. The property manager said the receptacle had been left there and all of the building’s residents were accounted for. No word yet on how the woman may have died. Tags: Body Found In DC Apartment Trash Can Identified, Yvette Spencer