Roomie ‘kept corpse in bag’

A Bronx caregiver allegedly placed her dead 70year-old roommate in a garbage bag instead of calling 911 when she made the discovery, claiming she did so because the woman had lice, police and sources said.

Inga Bearden, 53, was arrested Friday and charged with concealment of a corpse in connection to the death of the woman for whom she cared in the luxury Bronx apartment the two shared with Bearden’s two teenage kids, according to cops and law enforcement sources.

The 70-year-old, identified by sources as Margie Ann William-Collins, took a long shower Thursday before settling down on her side of the living room, which she and Bearden used as a shared bedroom, sources said.

When Bearden went to check on William-Collins, she was dead.

The caretaker then called her 50-year-old husband, who doesn’t live in the apartment — and he allegedly helped Bearden place William-Collins’ body inside a black garbage bag, according to the sources.

Bearden told investigators they placed WilliamCollins in the bag because she had lice and they were concerned it would spread, sources said.

Williams-Collins’ daughter-in-law, 24, was the one to call 911 to report the death, the sources said.

The cause of death is still under investigation. Bearden told police William-Collins was known to ingest silica gel packets, the nontoxic drying agent usually found in shoeboxes.

Bearden’s husband is still being sought by police.

William-Collins, Bearden and her daughter, 14, and 17-year-old son had been living in the two-bedroom apartment since October, according to police sources.