NY NY - Thomas Medlin, 15, Stony Brook, 9 Jan 2026

[ChatteringBirds]

No this wasn’t in my mind at all

Nor mine. This is so so tragic if true.
I'm going to go ahead and say it, they need to follow San Francisco's example with the Golden Gate bridge and finally install deterrents on their bridges. A camera system isn't good enough.

 

[investikater]

Nooooo

But why go all that way to end your life? Frankly there are plenty of ways.

Just my opinion

 

[TMich6811]

Chilling new details revealed in case of missing Long Island teen Thomas Medlin: ‘A splash in the water’

Missing 15-year-old Thomas Medlin was last seen on the Manhattan Bridge before a surveillance camera captured a troubling image.

nypost.com

According to the Suffolk County Police Department, cameras then captured the teen on the pedestrian walkway on the Manhattan Bridge at 7:06 p.m. — with his last mobile phone activity recorded at 7:09 p.m.

“A nearby surveillance camera captured a splash in the water” just a minute later, at 7:10 p.m.,” police said.

Mobile active activity or just that it was on I wonder

 

[hot cawfeee]

Update from the New York Post - and not good news. He was seen on surveillance camera, hours after he left his school, pacing on the Manhattan bridge, there was a recorded splash in the water. He wasn't seen exiting the bridge. LE stopped short of saying he somehow plunged into the water but it was noted that the footage does not show the teen leaving the bridge. Chilling new details revealed in case of missing Long Island teen Thomas Medlin: ‘A splash in the water’

Yes...I saw this....awful...but there's a facebook page LONG ISLAND MISSING PEOPLE (all caps) with very different info...have a look at it bc I'm hoping its right !

 

[GraceG]

Yes...I saw this....awful...but there's a facebook page LONG ISLAND MISSING PEOPLE (all caps) with very different info...have a look at it bc I'm hoping its right !

Thanks for the heads up. That webpage had a lot of personal opinions but unless I missed something I saw nothing in the way of additional facts from posters there other than what has been printed in msm to date, including this article someone shared that I'd not seen yet. St. James Teen Likely Plummeted From Manhattan Bridge Weeks Ago, Police Hint In Update

 

[Overtlycovert]

Has it been confirmed that he was alone on the bridge?

 

[bella263]

Has it been confirmed that he was alone on the bridge?

I don't believe MSM/PD have released many details but it sounds like they have a good amount of surveillance footage

"Police, who did not mention anything in their update about Medlin being found, went on to say that there is "no indication of criminal activity."" - New Evidence Shows Boy Who Disappeared After Traveling to N.Y.C. 2 Weeks Ago Was Last Seen on Bridge Over Water

 

[borndem]

Oh no </3

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[borndem]

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[borndem]

Nor mine. This is so so tragic if true.
I'm going to go ahead and say it, they need to follow San Francisco's example with the Golden Gate bridge and finally install deterrents on their bridges. A camera system isn't good enough.

You said it, 'Birds.

Still hoping for good news...