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Matthew Collado, a 29-year-old aspiring rapper known by his stage name A.K. Nash, whose body was discovered stuffed in a chimney at P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo school in Queens on June 30, has been identified by police and his mother, Sophia Wood. The badly decomposed remains were found after an exterminator investigating a foul odor uncovered Collado’s shoe inside the ash dump. Wood expressed disbelief that her son, who was afraid of heights and hated fire and smoke, could have ended up in such a location. The cause and manner of death are pending further study by the medical examiner's office, leaving many questions unanswered as to how Collado came to be trapped in the chimney for an undetermined period.
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Story summary
Matthew Collado, a 29-year-old aspiring rapper, was found dead in June 30 when his badly decomposed body was discovered stuffed into a chimney at P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo school in Glendale, Queens. His mother, Sophia Wood, identified the remains and expressed her grief, stating she hadn't heard from him since Mother's Day when he promised to visit but never did. The cause of Collado’s death is still pending further study by the city medical examiner’s office.
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The man whose badly decomposed body was found stuffed in a Queens public school chimney has been identified as an aspiring rapper who “was afraid of heights” and hates fire and smoke, according to cops and his mother.
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who → decompose → cops
The rotting body of Matthew Collado, 29, was discovered on June 30 wedged into the smokestack at P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo at 87 Street and 78 Avenue in Glendale – all because an exterminator went to investigate a putrid odor, according to authorities and sources.
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exterminator → rot → authorities
About a month later, Collado‘s grieving mother, Sophia Wood, learned the remains were in fact her son’s, The Daily News reported.
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News → grieve → fact
“There’s a void in my gut,” Wood told the paper.
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Wood → ’ → paper
“I walk around in a daze.
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I → walk → daze
I still haven’t believed it yet.”
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I → believe → it
A spokeswoman for the city medical examiner’s office confirmed Thursday that the cause and manner of Collado’s death are both “pending further study.
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cause → confirm → study
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Wood told the paper she hadn’t heard from her son since the day before Mother’s Day, when he said he’d spend the holiday with her at his grandmother’s nursing home – but never showed up.
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he → tell → home
She soon plastered missing person’s flyers around the neighborhood and began probing for any answers online.
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She → plaster → answers
The lack of closure has left Wood so desperate for any information that she plans to hire a private investigator.
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she → leave → investigator
“The cops have nothing.
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cops → have → nothing
No footage of how he ended up there, how he got into the school,” Wood told The News.
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Wood → end → News
“My son was afraid of heights so him climbing up there?
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son → climb → heights
That is not my son,” said Wood.
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Wood → say → ?
“He hates fire.
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He → hat → fire
He hates smoke.
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He → hat → smoke
It doesn’t jive with my son and who he was.”
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he → jive → son
Collado, raised in East Elmhurst, had planned to begin a new job as a residential aide at a Breaking Ground shelter, according to his mom.
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Collado → raise → mom
He posted some of his songs on SoundCloud, his mom told the paper.
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mom → post → paper
“That’s how I hear his voice now,” the bereaved mom said.
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mom → ’ → voice
A pest control worker discovered Collado’s remains when a janitor called him to investigate a stench emanating from the chimney, according to authorities and law enforcement sources.
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janitor → discover → authorities
The exterminator opened the ash dump and found a shoe – around size 9 or 10 – then felt a foot inside, according to the sources and the custodian, Brendan Chavez.
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exterminator → open → sources
It was unclear how long the body had been stuck inside the chimney before it was found — but students said the rancid smell had been in the air for weeks.
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smell → stick → weeks
The investigation into the shocking death is ongoing, the NYPD said.
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NYPD → say → death
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