By Theodore Parisienne Updated June 7th, 2018 at 8:23AM
Back on Tuesday April 3rd, 2018, Officers from the NYPD Harbor Unit recovered the body of a man from the Gowanus Canal. Photos from the scene showed that the man had duct tape wrapped around his head. Today, The Medical Examiner has ruled the death a Homicide. According to the Police Department, they are still working to find the identity of the victim. The Investigation is ongoing.
Officers from the NYPD Harbor Unit rescued a man in his thirties from the waters of the East River near the United Nations building in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018.
He was brought to the Pier at East 35th Street where responding Medics were seen performing CPR on the man while he was still on the NYPD boat before he was packaged and rushed off to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. It is not known how he ended up in the River.
The NYPD is asking for assistance from the public in the hopes of identifying the body of a man who was recovered from the Hudson River near Battery Park in Manhattan back on Tuesday April 24, 2018. He is described as a male white approximately 45 – 50yrs old, 5’ 10”, 175lbs with brown hair and reddish brown beard. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, green pants, gray sweater and black Adidas sneakers.
Anyone with information is being asked to contact the NYPDs’ Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish speaking individuals can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Information can also be provided by visiting the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or even by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All information provided will be kept strictly confidential.
Officers from the NYPD Harbor Unit recovered the body of a badly decomposed man from the Hudson River near Battery Park in Manhattan on Tuesday morning.
The body was brought to Pier 16 at the South Street Seaport where Emergency Medical Personnel officially pronounced him deceased. The Medical Examiner will determine the manner and cause of death.
This marks the third body removed from the waterways around New York City for the month of April. One body was removed from the Mill Basin area of Brooklyn on Monday April 23rd and another body was recovered from the Gowanus Canal on Tuesday April 3rd.