ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The family of an Allen Park postal worker whose body was found stuck in a machine at the facility said they still haven’t had their questions answered.
Nicholas John Acker, 36, of Trenton, was found dead Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at the USPS Detroit Network Distribution Center in Allen Park.
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Officials said Acker had been dead for 6-8 hours before they arrived, and his family said they’re still being left in the dark.
“That’s the problem: We don’t even know for sure,” his fiancée, Stephanie Jaszcz, said. “We’ve had a couple different stories with that, and then the examiner, with the autopsy is going to take 4-6 months. We’re living a nightmare.”
Jaszcz said she was waiting for three hours at the facility for someone to show up after Acker didn’t return home from his shift.
Now, she wants to know what happened to him.
“We want to know what happened and how long he was there,” Jaszcz said. “That’s what we want to know. We want to know how he even ended up there and why doesn’t anybody know where he was at?”
Jaszcz said all she knows is that Acker was in a machine, but nobody seems to know how he got there, when he got there, or how long he was there for.
She said Acker had mentioned concerns about the way the facility was run, and current employees have expressed similar feelings to Local 4. We reached out to USPS for comment about these allegations, but have not yet heard back.
She said Acker had worked at the facility for about a year as a mechanic.
She said Acker was a generous, thoughtful person who was willing to give others his time and make them feel seen.
“He was just one of those kind of people whose sweetness and thoughtfulness weren’t just traits, they were just his way of life,” Jaszcz said. “He was very generous. It wasn’t always just gifts and gestures. It was always his time and his heart. He made everyone feel valid and seen.”
The United States Postal Service released a statement Monday after Acker’s death, saying, “The United States Postal Service is deeply saddened by the loss of our employee at the Detroit Network Distribution Center (NDC) in Allen Park, MI. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. The NDC is fully operational at this time.”
Jaszcz didn’t think that statement was enough.
“‘The mail’s still moving’? Gross,” Jaszcz said. “‘Sorry about the loss, but the mail’s still moving.’ They couldn’t even say his name or acknowledge that he was an Air Force veteran.”
Acker had gotten engaged to Jaszcz just 10 days before his death, according to the family’s GoFundMe page. He spent nine years in the Air Force and had two nephews, his family said.