Suffolk County man charged with concealing body in a suitcase: DA

Editor’s note: The video aired on September 3. The victim has since been identified and the suspect is in custody.

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man is facing charges after a body was found inside a suitcase in Huntington Station on Sept. 2.

Ronald Schroeder, 41, of Huntington Station, was indicted on concealment of a human corpse and multiple drug charges, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.

Schroeder is accused of hiding the body of Seikeya Jones, 33, inside of the suitcase.

The suitcase was located around 11:50 a.m. after police received a call for suspicious activity and a foul odor outside of an apartment on Nassau Road, officials said.

Jones was last seen on Aug. 29 inside the building with Schroeder, who was also a tenant of the building, officials said.

The cause of her death has not been determined. Autopsy results are pending.

Police tried to locate Schroeder for questioning but were unable to find him until he showed up at Penn Station on Sept. 6.

Schroder reportedly went to the LIRR Lost & Found office to claim his backpack, which he had left on a train. His backpack allegedly contained methamphetamine and “liquid ecstasy,” officials said.

Schroeder was indicted on Thursday and is back in court on Oct. 16. He was held on $500,000 cash, a $1,000,000 bond or a $5,000,000 partially secured bond.

Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here .

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