Woman’s Body Is Found in Suitcase

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/womans-body-is-found-in-suitcase/?ref=nyregion

This is kind of crazy but now in this day and age things like this are expected. For some reason someone went through the trouble of chopping a lady up and placing her body in a suitcase. Then having it brought to the middle of the street to later be found. Clearly this person wanted to send a message. But the question is to who and why?
There are a few reasons why this story is in the news. One being so that family members can go see if that lady is related to them if a female has went  missing recently. Secondly its not everyday that you find a suitcase on the street with a body in it. Third it reinforces the suggestion by officers to report suspicious baggage.