UNSOLVED NY - Manhattan, Partial Skeletal Remains in Highbridge Park, Feb 2018

[Gardener1850]

A woman walking her dog in the Bronx's Highbridge Park stumbled upon some skeletal remains, police sources tell News 4.

The police sources say they consist of a partial femur, partial pelvis, clavicle and tailbone. They were found near Amsterdam and Fort George Avenue in Inwood around 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The medical examiner's office will determine if the bones are human. The investigation is ongoing.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...Park-NYPD-Police-Investigation-473181473.html

 

[Gardener1850]

Elvis Rosado is missing from the Highbridge area: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...entally-disabled-Highbridge-Bronx-18-Dec-2017

 

[Inthedetails]

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...Park-NYPD-Police-Investigation-473181473.html

FYI: Amsterdam, Fort George in Inwood is actually Manhattan, not the Bronx. But it's across the Harlem River from the Bronx and it's an easy walk between the two boroughs in that area. (The missing boy is from the Bronx.)

 

[Inthedetails]

FYI: Amsterdam, Fort George in Inwood is actually Manhattan, not the Bronx. But it's across the Harlem River from the Bronx and it's an easy walk between the two boroughs in that area. (The missing boy is from the Bronx.)

Quoting myself to provide a link as a visual to show the park and address from the article are in Manhattan. Bronx is across the river. The article is wrong.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...d25b0c3f7e1fc8!8m2!3d40.8134111!4d-73.9562384

Fort George Ave is the one that curves like a half-circle. Amsterdam Ave is a straight street. Highbridge Park is along the east side of upper Manhattan. The neighborhood across the river in the Bronx is also called Highbridge.

Both areas are named after the High Bridge that connects the Bronx to Manhattan. The body was found on the Manhattan side.

Sorry to be a stickler....but I know this neighborhood a bit!

 

[Gardener1850]

Quoting myself to provide a link as a visual to show the park and address from the article are in Manhattan. Bronx is across the river. The article is wrong.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...d25b0c3f7e1fc8!8m2!3d40.8134111!4d-73.9562384

Fort George Ave is the one that curves like a half-circle. Amsterdam Ave is a straight street. Highbridge Park is along the east side of upper Manhattan. The neighborhood across the river in the Bronx is also called Highbridge.

Both areas are named after the High Bridge that connects the Bronx to Manhattan. The body was found on the Manhattan side.

Sorry to be a stickler....but I know this neighborhood a bit!

Thanks Inthedetails! How likely do you think it would it be for someone to walk across the bridge?

 

[Gardener1850]

A woman walking her dog just after nightfall in a Manhattan park stumbled across some human remains, officials said Wednesday.

The woman found the bones in Highbridge Park in Inwood around 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to cops.
The skeletal remains were between a baseball field and the dog run near Audubon Ave. and Ft. George Ave.
The city Medical Examiner confirmed the remains were human. The age of the bones could not be immediately determined.

“The bones found at Highbridge today were human bones that we believe — based on associated evidence and context — are likely historical and used in a ceremonial context,” an ME’s official said.

On Wednesday, the NYPD Crime Scene Unit was searching for more remains.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...nd-inwood-woman-walking-dog-article-1.3805597

BBM. That's interesting. What could that mean? Is there a former cemetery there?

 

[Inthedetails]

Thanks Inthedetails! How likely do you think it would it be for someone to walk across the bridge?

Easily! You can walk across the High Bridge (pedestrians and bicycles only - no cars) or the Washington Bridge (not to be confused with the George Washington Bridge), and the the University Bridge at 207th Street (which is the closest to where the body was found).

Highbridge Park is VERY hilly - steep hills. My hunch would be either the person died in that spot or was brought there in a car.

(Can the thread title be changed to reflect the right borough?)

jmo

 

[Gardener1850]

Easily! You can walk across the High Bridge (pedestrians and bicycles only - no cars) or the Washington Bridge (not to be confused with the George Washington Bridge), and the the University Bridge at 207th Street (which is the closest to where the body was found).

Highbridge Park is VERY hilly - steep hills. My hunch would be either the person died in that spot or was brought there in a car.

(Can the thread title be changed to reflect the right borough?)

jmo

I alerted a mod to ask for it to be changed. I can't edit it anymore.

 

[Inthedetails]

Easily! You can walk across the High Bridge (pedestrians and bicycles only - no cars) or the Washington Bridge (not to be confused with the George Washington Bridge), and the the University Bridge at 207th Street (which is the closest to where the body was found).

Highbridge Park is VERY hilly - steep hills. My hunch would be either the person died in that spot or was brought there in a car.

(Can the thread title be changed to reflect the right borough?)

jmo

Also, buses go across both the Washington Bridge and the University Heights Bridge. Not that I think anyone would transport a body on a bus...but, rather, that the missing young man in the Bronx had easy access to the Manhattan park whether walking or public transportation....if it's him.

The park has many isolated areas - plenty of people use it for recreation, but there are also people who hang out there, live there probably, ykwim?

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

Doesn't look like the bones are from the missing boy from the Bronx as they are being described at this point as "historical".....and:

"Officials believe the bones are 'likely historical' and were possibly used in a “'ceremonial context.'”

More from the link:

"A woman walking her dog in Highbridge Park in Upper Manhattan this week ended up calling police, after her dog came back with a human bone in its mouth.

A police spokeswoman said the woman called the NYPD Tuesday evening. She said a bunch of skeletal remains were in plain view when the dog found them."

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/07/skeletal-remains-highbridge-park/

So, sound like the bones were displayed in some way. There have been bones found in city parks in the past that were part of a ritual - and even things like animal tongues nailed to trees. Those instances are thought to have been left by practitioners of Santeria. However, I don't recall human bones in these cases - just animals and even food like fruit displays, pebbles, etc.

I don't know that this case involves Santeria but mention it as a brainstorming, thinking aloud, wondering. A google search of Santeria and human bones does bring up some past instances. (And I learned it's not illegal to sell human bones. Didn't know that!)

jmopinion at the moment

 

[Inthedetails]

To pinpoint the location more, near Amsterdam Ave and Fort George Ave in the park:

"The skeletal remains were between a baseball field and the dog run..."
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...nd-inwood-woman-walking-dog-article-1.3805597

If anyone can check out the link to see if there is more info in the article, that'd be great. The NYDailyNews is now subscription after 10 articles, and I'm already maxed out (and don't want a subscription). tia

 

[madamx]

I wonder how old these bones are to be qualified as historical? and used in a ceremonial context , I wonder what other elements were found along with these bones? its so vague..i guess it was not a complete skeleton and there is no mention of a skull.


Anywhooo, here is an article from 2015 about High Bridge park and everything in it.. it has photos to get an idea of the park
https://ny.curbed.com/2015/6/25/994...eopens-a-neglected-park-remains-in-its-shadow

While Highbridge Park has come a long way from its nadir in the 1980s, when a city-organized cleanup removed 250 tons of debris, including "dozens of abandoned cars, hundreds of tires, refrigerators, several dead dogs and a human body," it still has a long way to go before it is fully functional.

 

[Inthedetails]

Not much new information, except they don't know (yet) how old the bones are:

"The medical examiner says the bones are human, but they couldn't determine how old they are.

A senior official believes the remains may have been used in a "'ceremonial context.'"

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/02/08/human-remains-found-in-manhattan-park

My hunch is that the bones were part of a Sanataria ceremony/ritual/display and not the result of someone murdered or from someone who died in that location.

Jmo

 

[madamx]

Bumping for the bones