The heartbreaking case of Thomas Medlin, the missing 15-year-old boy from Saint James, Long Island, who was last seen on January 9 on the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian path, reached its most dreaded conclusion after a dead body was spotted in the waters off Red Hook, Brooklyn, on Saturday March 10.
According to NYPD, “at approximately 1:30 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of an aided individual at 499 Van Brunt Street, within the confines of the 76th Precinct. Upon arrival, officers observed an unidentified unconscious adult male floating in the water at the location. NYPD Harbor responded and removed the aided male from the water. EMS also responded to the scene and pronounced the aided male deceased on scene. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.”
This address is the southern end of Red Hook, and the waterfront home of the Food Bazaar grocery store and a pier-length 19th century brick warehouse containing stores, artist studios and workshops, all of which badly flooded during Hurricane Sandy in September 2012…