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In announcing the arrest of Aquellio Parker, of Queens, early Tuesday evening, Aug. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella didn't say how authorities believe 42-year-old Greenwich native Nicole Flanagan died.
The prosecutor also didn't identify the person who authorities believe is the primary suspect in Flanagan's death. He did allege that Parker "assisted in moving" her remains "from New York to Ridgefield Park (in New Jersey)."
Flanagan's naked body was found in a 55-gallon barrel just off Teaneck Road in Ridgefield Park the morning of Friday, Aug. 13.
An autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office -- particularly the results of blood and alcohol toxicology tracing -- will help tell how she died, authorities said.
That, in turn, will determine whether authorities will charge the primary suspect with murder, manslaughter or lesser offenses, such as those against Parker.
Parker, of Springfield Gardens, turned himself in to the NYPD on Sunday, said Musella, the Bergen County prosecutor.
Parker remained held pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges of being an accomplice to "desecrating, damaging, disturbing, moving, concealing and/or destroying human remains," the prosecutor said.
Flanagan, who had a minor criminal history, worked as an escort, the New York Post reported. She was identified through fingerprints, the Post reported.
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