Missing Emmy Winner, 'Hoarder' Found Dead Under Garbage In Home

New York City NY

31 March, 2021

4:52 PM

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NEW YORK CITY — A missing person mystery surrounding an Emmy-winning production designer ended with a grim discovery in her Queens home. Evelyn Sakash, 66, was found dead buried under garbage on her kitchen floor on Tuesday, a police spokesperson told the Associated Press. She had been a known hoarder and was last seen Sept. 30, according to an NYPD missing person report. #Queens #NewYork 14 Avenue #Missing named Evelyn Sakash, F/W-65YO, 5'04", 110lbs, last seen, on 09-30-2020, near 123 Street and 14 Avenue #Queens. Please call 9-1-1 if located. #NY #Brooklyn #Bronx #StatenIsland #Manhattan #NYC #NYPD pic.twitter.com/rLxc20Gpld— NYPD Missing Persons (@NYPDMissing) October 31, 2020 Sakash's sister, who had hired a cleaning crew to clear out the woman's home in the College Point, ultimately found her body, police said. Her body was "mummified" underneath a pile of trash, according to the New York Daily News. But Sakash's life was more than her apparent tragic end. She was a production designer who had worked on films including "Mermaids," released in 1990, and 2014's "Still Alice," according to her IMDB page. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 for "Between the Lions." The city medical examiner's office will determine her cause of death.