Day: August 21, 2024

1. More human remains found on shoreline by Brooklyn Bridge Park carousel  New York Daily News
2. NYPD investigating body parts found near carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park  ABC7 New York
3. NYPD says more body parts found in Brooklyn Bridge Park  Gothamist

More human remains were discovered in Brooklyn Bridge Park early on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after police recovered skeletal remains from the same shoreline.

A parkgoer saw the remains just after midnight near Jane’s Carousel, near 47 Water St., just after midnight on Aug. 21, according to the NYPD, and called 911.

Officers found what appeared to be human bones on the rocky shoreline of the East River and called in the office of the city’s Chief Medical Examiner, which will more fully investigate the incident. It was not immediately clear what body parts were recovered, or if they were related to the bones found on Monday.

The Medical Examiner is also investigating the first set of remains, which were discovered by a city parks employee on the morning of Aug. 19, reportedly including a human skull. According to the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, forensic anthropologists will likely work to confirm both sets of bones are human, and will further attempt to determine the age, sex, and race of the body in an attempt to identify the deceased person. 

DUMBO — POLICE ON WEDNESDAY said that more human remains had been discovered in Brooklyn Bridge Park by a passerby, reports Gothamist, following the discovery of a human skull and bones on the rocks near Jane’s Carousel on Monday by a Parks Department officer. Police had been combing the park prior to the discovery of […]

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