SOLVED NY - Tala Farea, 16, Rotana Farea, 22, Hudson River, 24 Oct 2018- COD released: suicide/drowning

[otto]

Yeah, suicide is not where I'm leaning on this one. Actually, suicide sounds a bit ridiculous for this case, doesn't it?

I'm trying to visualize two people with duct-taped feet, connected at the waist to each other, and, don't mean to be disrespectful, but it seems more like a comedy skit than a suicide pact. Why would they do that to commit suicide? It would be really difficult to get over the railing of a bridge without moving their feet.

 

[turanna25]

I'm trying to visualize two people with duct-taped feet, connected at the waist to each other, and, don't mean to be disrespectful, but it seems more like a comedy skit than a suicide pact. Why would they do that to commit suicide? It would be really difficult to get over the railing of a bridge without moving their feet.

Thats what I was just going to say.. If their feet were duct taped.. How did they move enough to throw themselves off the bridge?? It just doesn't make sense..

 

[otto]

Thats what I was just going to say.. If their feet were duct taped.. How did they move enough to throw themselves off the bridge?? It just doesn't make sense..

It doesn't make sense to me - were they hopping up and down until they got high enough to go head first over the railing? Suicide seems like an absurd theory.

 

[Shin Masamura]

A few news sources are saying they are identified just notifying families
Bodies Of 2 Women Bound With Duct Tape Found Near Riverside Park

 

[Brubeck]

George Washington Bridge haunted by suicides

 

[Inthedetails]

Thats what I was just going to say.. If their feet were duct taped.. How did they move enough to throw themselves off the bridge?? It just doesn't make sense..

I can't picture it either. While there are many jumpers from the bridge, it takes a determined person to get over the railing. I don't know how these young women taped themselves and then got over the railing - and to do it without being spotted by a guard, driver, etc. It would be unusual to see two people taping themselves together.

Going with the suicide theory, perhaps they entered the river at a different location. Jumped off a pier, for example, rather than the bridge.

jmo

 

[Alethea]

What about a murder/suicide? One person wanted to, and took the other person with her. I could see taping someone else's feet together because you think it will prevent them from swimming (if you don't realize you will certainly die on impact and think you would be able to swim away)

 

[madamx]

Thats what I was just going to say.. If their feet were duct taped.. How did they move enough to throw themselves off the bridge?? It just doesn't make sense..

Yes I find that a bit hard too because it takes time to do that and then to hop to a spot to lean over and just tip and fall off the bridge. They can't climb at that point.
Plus there has been a lot of activity on the bridge w construction . Someone would of noticed them.
Below is the link for scheduled construction of GWB
Scheduled Construction

 

[madamx]

I can't picture it either. While there are many jumpers from the bridge, it takes a determined person to get over the railing. I don't know how these young women taped themselves and then got over the railing - and to do it without being spotted by a guard, driver, etc. It would be unusual to see two people taping themselves together.

Going with the suicide theory, perhaps they entered the river at a different location. Jumped off a pier, for example, rather than the bridge.

jmo

That is what I have been thinking. They entered the water from a different location .

 

[Inthedetails]

Photo at the link of suicide-prevention barriers on the George Washington Bridge:

At George Washington Bridge, a Fence Rises to Deter Suicides

 

[Kid Dropsy]

Call me old-fashioned, but I'm going with the star-cross'd lovers possibility.

 

[alekto]

Call me old-fashioned, but I'm going with the star-cross'd lovers possibility.

I was thinking "lovers leap." Because their hands were not bound, I believe this to be suicide. They would have fallen over together, not be able to run or walk away.

 

[madamx]

Has anyone read anywhere as to how long they were estimated To have been in the water for?

 

[Kid Dropsy]

So many GWB suicides and attempted suicides. For them, it may have been as simple as a cab ride and a short walk, then the binding and the last moments. That wouldn't take long.

 

[otto]

Has anyone read anywhere as to how long they were estimated To have been in the water for?

I think that was mentioned in a link on page 1. I'd get the link for you, but my connection is so slow it would take me half an hour to respond.

Not very long, I think.

 

[otto]

Bodies of two women that were bound together with duct tape are found in New York's Hudson River

• A passerby called 911 around 3pm on Wednesday after they spotted the bodies
• Police said both women were fully clothed and both were even wearing coats
• Neither body showed signs of trauma and the cause of death remains unknown

The bodies of two women who were bound together by duct tape washed up from New York's Hudson River on Wednesday.

Authorities received a 911 call at 2.40pm from a passerby who spotted the two bodies in the river off by Riverside Park in the city's Upper West Side neighborhood.

Police said both women were fully clothed. Neither body showed sign of trauma.

A law enforcement source told DailyMail.com that both women were in their late teens or early twenties.
Bringing this +

... bringing this link forward

BBM

My impression is that they were found fairly soon after they went into the water. How far is it from the bridge to body location?

Riverside Park and which bridge?

 

[go dots]

... bringing this link forward

BBM

My impression is that they were found fairly soon after they went into the water. How far is it from the bridge to body location?

Riverside Park and which bridge?

George Washington Bridge.

 

[borndem]

Just saw this --
Bodies of 2 Women Bound Together with Duct Tape Found Washed Up on the Rocks of the Hudson River

After arriving on the scene, police discovered the women lying face to face with duct tape around their waists, a police source tells PEOPLE. Their feet were also duct taped but not to each other.

Bodies of 2 Women Bound Together with Duct Tape Found Washed Up on the Rocks of the Hudson River

 

[otto]

Here's the park.
Which bridge did they jump from, and how did they get to the bridge?

 

[otto]

How fast does the river flow? This is the map if the river flows at approximately the same speed as a bike.