Human bones washed up alongside the Brooklyn Bridge Park shoreline this week — marking no less than the fifth time stays have been recovered from the waterfront in the previous few months, officers mentioned Friday.
All the physique elements — discovered simply steps from the enduring Jane’s Carousel — are believed to have belonged to the identical individual, a rep for town Medical Examiner’s Workplace instructed The Submit.
In the latest grotesque discovery, what’s believed to be a pelvic bone was noticed round 6:30 p.m. Thursday wedged between the rocks off the East River close to Water and Dock Streets in DUMBO, cops and sources mentioned.
A spokeswoman for the ME’s workplace confirmed Friday that the stays “are believed to come back from the identical individual” as the entire skeletal elements discovered over the previous 4 months.
“It’s believed the stays are washing up there due to the tides,” the spokeswoman mentioned.
“This individual has not but been recognized,” she added, “however our crew will use all of the superior forensic science instruments at our disposal (dental evaluation, taking DNA from bone) to make an identification.”
The primary grisly discover was made by a metropolis Division of Parks & Recreation employee the morning of Aug. 19. The stays – together with a cranium – have been lined in clothes, and a pair of trainers was recovered close by, cops and sources mentioned.
Two days later, one other bone – described as a leg or a part of one — was found in the identical space, authorities mentioned.
Extra bone fragments have been discovered alongside the shoreline a number of days later, on Aug. 31, cops mentioned.
Further stays have been found on Sept. 27 in the identical space, WPIX reported on the time.
Specialists from the ME’s Forensic Anthropology Unit instructed The Submit in September that the stays appeared to belong to a person due to the form and dimension of the bones — notably pelvic bones, that are smaller in males than in ladies.
The consultants discovered no indications of foul play.
The ME’s workplace is in search of leads from the general public as they work to determine the individual the stays belonged to.
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