On Wednesday, February 9, a pile of bags on a platform bench at the 21st Street-Van Alst subway station was cordoned off by police tape as there was a body of a homeless woman beneath the baggage and blankets. Audrey Lumer, 63, was a graduate of an art school and once lived on Utopia Parkway at her father’s house until a rent dispute in 2018 resulted in her eviction. Likely on account of her mental state, she refused assistance and found shelter in the subway system.