A third set of bone fragments, presumably human, were found among the rocks near Jane’s Carousel on Saturday, Aug. 31. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK — More bone fragments, presumably human, were found along the shore in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, Aug. 31 — the third time in the past two weeks that bones were found along the rocks near Jane’s Carousel.
Police said they received a 911 call around 7 p.m. that “possible human remains” had been found on the shoreline in the vicinity of 10 Dock Street.
Bystanders posted numerous videos on the Citizen app showing a heavy police presence in the park Saturday evening, with yellow caution tape blocking off an area adjacent to the carousel and officers clambering on the rocks next to the pier. One officer can be seen putting something into a red biohazard bag as a large crowd watched from behind the caution tape.
According to PIX11, the bones discovered Saturday were first spotted by a woman who was intentionally looking for them after hearing about the two previous discoveries. The outlet reported that the bones resembled a fragment of a rib cage.
A femur and a couple of smaller bones were found just after midnight Wednesday, Aug. 18, also near the carousel. And on the morning of Monday, Aug. 16, police found a skull and bones in the same area, the Eagle reported.
These two batches of bones appeared to be part of the same body, ABC7news said, though this has not been officially confirmed.
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