It is thought that the body found recently belongs to a 14-year-old girl who had been missing for three months.
Samantha Humphrey’s body was reportedly found from the Mohawk River in Upstate New York on Wednesday. She vanished after leaving her home late one night, and her family has been looking for her ever since.
Two fishermen who observed something terrifying floating in the sea summoned authorities to the site, according to police.
According to reports, the person found in the river was bound to a shopping cart.
“Obviously she didn’t tie herself up in a shopping cart and sink herself. It is almost certainly a homicide,” Dan Levy, a local reporter on the case insisted in a tweet.
Humphrey’s relatives claimed she had a physical argument with her ex-boyfriend earlier that day and that she was last seen in the Riverside Park neighbourhood.
Two fishermen who observed something terrifying floating in the sea summoned authorities to the site, according to police.
According to reports, the person found in the river was bound to a shopping cart.
“Obviously she didn’t tie herself up in a shopping cart and sink herself. It is almost certainly a homicide,” Dan Levy, a local reporter on the case insisted in a tweet.
When her mother learned that the ex-boyfriend was supposedly harsh towards her, she told her not to visit him anymore.
Since she vanished, authorities and search teams have been looking in the vicinity of the water where the corpse was discovered.
The autopsy on Humphrey’s body has been finished, according to Schenectady Police, and the results will probably be made public on Monday.
According to several accounts, Humphrey’s body is undoubtedly there.
“When a s**t day becomes an even more terrible day, but at least now there is closure of sorts. We’ve all dreaded this day and here it is,” a family member wrote on Facebook.
A family friend of Humphrey’s, Stephanie Kegley, also posted on Facebook that the body is firmly believed to be that of the 14-year-old.
The Humphrey family requested that Kegley write the article, according to Kegley, because “they need to focus on grieving and clinging onto one another,” she said.
“This is Samantha Humphrey. Her body was located today. Know her name, her face, her story.”
“A 14-year-old child was taken violently from this earth. We will stand by the family as we get justice for Sam. Please give the family time. Please send prayers, good vibes, everything.”
The family friend adds that law enforcement and media will not report it is her until the medical examiner signs off.
“We have built an amazing community around finding Sam and we can’t thank all LE agencies and our community enough.”
