Stroud Area Regional police have charged an East Stroudsburg man with hiding the body of a woman who overdosed in a dumpster.

Corbin Anthony DeSimone, 22, was charged Tuesday with death investigation- criminal use of a communication facility, abuse of corpse and tampering with physical evidence.

Police found the body of the woman, whose name has not been released, was found the morning of July 22 in a dumpster in the 200 block of Washington Street in East Stroudsburg.

Police learned that on July 17, DeSimone, who had been residing in a room inside of the GAK Construction building, located at 289 Washington St., East Stroudsburg, was seen on the property with a woman, who is believed to be the deceased woman.

On July 18, DeSimone and the woman, are observed on video together as DeSimone purchased heroin from a known drug dealer. The woman is seen entering the area of DeSimone’s room and is never observed exiting the area.

On July 22, DeSimone is observed on surveillance video inside the garage of GAK Construction coming from the area of a closet dragging what appears to be a heavy suitcase. DeSimone exits the side garage door near the dumpster with the suitcase and returns inside without the suitcase. He then cleans the area of the garage floor that he previously dragged the suitcase across.

Later that morning GAK Construction employees smell a “horrible smell” inside the building and located a closet that contained blood and fluids, that they believed was from a dead animal.

Employees soon after discovered the deceased body in the dumpster and called 911. SARPD officers arrived and confirmed a deceased body with a suitcase partially covering the body.

Due to the police activity in the area, the dealer again contacts DeSimone and asked what happened. DeSimone informs the dealer that “she overdosed and I didn’t know what to do.”

On Tuesday, DeSimone was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth and bail was denied.

Through the course of the ongoing investigation SARPD Detectives developed information leading them to the believed identity of the woman, followed by notification to potential next of kin. Upon receipt of DNA confirmation, the identity of the woman will be confirmed and released.

This investigation is still currently ongoing. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Detective Dan Knowles at dknowles@sarpd.com or by calling 570-421-6800-ext. 1046.