ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The fiancée of an Allen Park postal worker who was killed by a machine at the facility shared how she found out about her loved one.
Stephanie Jaszcz said her fiancé, Nick Acker, worked the midnight shift as a mechanic at the USPS Detroit Network Distribution Center in Allen Park.
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Over the weekend, he didn’t return home after his shift, and he wasn’t returning her calls or text messages. Jaszcz said she started to panic.
“So I went up there, went to the fence and the intercom, and I was talking to some girl, and I was, like, ‘Listen, not to sound crazy, but my fiancé is missing,’” Jaszcz said.
She said she waited for an hour by the gate.
“She tells me he never punched out and they’re looking for him,” Jaszcz said. “All of a sudden, an ambulance, a fire truck, cop cars are all coming in. No one will let me through the gate. No one will talk to me.”
She said she waited two more hours before she was told Acker was dead.
“I dropped to my knees, crying, and then stood up because the gate was opening and I ran through that gate,” Jaszcz said.
But Jaszcz said she still isn’t getting any answers about what happened to Acker.
“That’s the problem: We don’t even know for sure,” she said. “All they know is he was in a machine. They don’t know how when or for how long. The autopsy is going to take 4-6 months. We’re living a nightmare.”
Police said Acker was dead for 6-8 hours before emergency crews arrived and found his body on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
Acker, 36, of Trenton, served nine years in the Air Force. He and Jaszcz had been engaged for just 10 days. They were planning to get married in the spring.
She was going shopping for a wedding dress next week.
“I had my entire life in my hand,” Jaszcz said. “Like, the entire thing. And gone.”