Police have launched an investigation after a suitcase stuffed with human remains was pulled from a New York river.
The shocking discovery was made yesterday at around 5.30pm near Governor’s Island after officers recovered the piece of luggage from the East River, according to the New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit.
The suitcase was taken for examination, but it was not immediately clear if the remains were those of a man or a woman.
Officers did, however, confirm that the victim was an adult.
The age of the victim and their cause of death were also not known as of Thursday morning, and it was unclear how long the suitcase had been in the river for.
Police have opened an investigation, while a medical examiner is working to determine a cause of death.
Images from the scene showed investigators examining the suitcase after it was retrieved from the water.
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Governors Island is a 172-acre island in New York Harbor, within the New York City borough of Manhattan.
A suitcase stuffed with human remains was pulled from East River yesterday evening
The shocking discovery was made near Governor’s Island, according to the New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit
Images from the scene show investigators examining the suitcase after it was retrieved
The mysterious discovery comes after residents of a Long Island apartment complex were horrified to uncover a body inside a suitcase last year.
Suffolk County Police said officers responded to reports of suspicious activity in a wooded area beside Nassau Road in Huntington at 11:50 am on September 3.
A woman who gave her name as Taylor said she made the 911 call after stumbling across a black suitcase with human body parts sticking out.
Months before, dismembered human heads were discovered in Amityville, Long Island in March in a grisly case involving two victims and four suspects.
Four people were charged over the murder mystery, which police said at the time may have been linked to a love triangle.
The suitcase was taken for examination, but it was not immediately clear if the remains were those of a man or a woman
The age of the victim and their cause of death were also not known as of Thursday
A medical examiner is currently working to determine a cause of death
This high angle view was shot on Governors Island looking toward Lower Manhattan
Steven Brown, 44, Jeffrey Mackey, 38, Amanda Wallace, 40, and Alexis Nieves, 33, were all apprehended after human body parts were found in Babylon park.
The four were each charged with first-degree hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence by concealing or destroying, and concealment of a human corpse.