Just a short week after Graceline llogene, 15, went missing her body has been discovered. According to reports, Ilogene who plummeted into the East River a week ago washed up and was found.
The Lowdown
Tragedy in Manhattan this weekend. According to reports, two bodies have been pulled from the East River among them at least one teenage girl, 15, who disappeared on 30 May while hanging out with a friend near the water on Roosevelt Island.
At the time of her disappearance, reports suggest that she was sitting on the rocks near the river’s edge when she ‘plunged in.’ How exactly she ended up in the water is not clear Some reports have her dipping her feet in the water — others claim she was trying to retrieve a lost item. It is not yet clear what led up to the moment she was swept away by water.
But that isn’t the only harrowing death to turn up in New York City lately. According to related reports, this accident follows the death of Brandon Pino, 17, of Staten Island after he jumped off a busy ferry shortly after 9:45 am on 31 May as the ferry was approaching the Whitehall terminal area in Manhattan. Brandon before his death posted several posts on social media with one indicating that it was his last day on earth. Brandon’s body has not yet been recovered.
This all comes as a man’s dead body was reportedly found floating near the Brooklyn Bridge in the East River shortly before the discovery of Graceline ‘s corpse was found. Investigations into the death of the unidentified man are pending and was discovered around 6am on Friday. That same Friday another corpse was found after officials located a dead man shortly after 7pm that night.
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