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Another body found floating under the BU Bridge; this could be a homicide

By adamg on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 8:16am

UPDATE: Authorities ID body as that of missing student.

The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports another body was found this morning, near where a middle-aged man's body was found floating yesterday. No ID yet.

Steve Saleeba reports that, per State Police, a BU rowing coach found the body. Mike Riley tweets police shut one lane on the bridge to let a recovery team do its work.

The Globe reports the body found today was bound with chains attached to a cinderblock.

Neighborhoods: 
Allston
Topics: 
Crime
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Charles River
Murder
BU Bridge


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Comments

By Kathode on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 9:28am.

it is not the missing young man from Allston.

By BostonBethy on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 9:58am.

Makes you wonder how many other bodies are floating in the Charles when we aren't on the lookout....

By anon35 on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 10:59am.

There are plenty of people to notice a floating body. Between the rowers, kayakers, and sailors, there are hundreds of people on the Lower Charles, below the Watertown Dam, every day. And the Charles River Cleanup Boat is scouring the shoreline for floating trash every few days from May to November. Not to mention all the runners and cyclists using the shoreline paths.

By O-FISH-L on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 10:32am.

Smiley Face Killer?

By bosguy22 on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 1:16pm.

Weren't people talking about this theory w/the BC student that was found in the reservoir last year?

By anon on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 10:55am.

live around the river. It's a popular place for tourist, college students and locals alike. It's popular at night because the views are pretty, and of course at night many people are tired, some may be intoxicated [or high], and accidentally fall in [bang their head, become unconscious], and drown. It's unfortunately a popular place to commit suicide, also. Homeless folks, some of whom are mentally ill, also go to it, especially at night.

As for the so-called Smiley Face killer[s], I don't think there are any. Young men are a demographic prone at a pretty high rate to risk taking, violence , even suicide. Many towns, cities are located near body[s] of water, and many young males get intoxicated at night, attempt to go home, wander, have an accident, drown and die. Just my opinion.

By anon on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 12:32pm.

I know for a fact that a lot of college students go to the river to get high and watch the lights reflect off the water. I also know a decent number of them drink on the small docks along the river. (I gave a Very Stern Safety Lecture to some of my dorm-mates on the matter as a freshman. They, obviously, did not care.)

As for Smiley Face Killer, I'd bet a lot of drunk guys stop to pee in the water, and fall in. Drunk guys pee everywhere, and I'd bet rivers are fair-er game than, say, the ground.

By anon on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 11:12am.

With the increasing number of male bodies found floating in the Charles makes you wonder if there is a serial killer targeting males along the Charles River. Possibly a male rapist or homophobe targeting gay or suspected gay men. Maybe another Craigslist killer type follower. Investigation should include autopsy and any internet activity over the last few weeks.

By adamg on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 12:14pm.

As for yesterday's victim, the Globe reports:

State Police said the man had been treated Sunday in Cambridge Hospital after sustaining injuries from falling on the sidewalk. He was intoxicated at the time, and police said he might have been homeless. He was treated and released a few hours later.

By anon on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 11:24am.

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsDrowningRisks/

Little kids tend to drown in pools. Victims of drowning in natural waters? Young, drunk, male.

Boston has a fairly good supply of young and drunk and natural water.

By Googie Baba on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 1:01pm.

The Boston Globe is now reporting that the body was chained and weighted down. Not too many innocent explanations for that: http://boston.com/metrodesk/2012/10/09/for-second-...

By gabingaboingg on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 1:08pm.

Plenty of innocent explanations for that.

Maybe he rode his bike to the bridge to go fishing. While chaining his bike to a cinderblock, he tripped, and got tangled up in the chains. In his struggle to free himself from the chains, he went over railing into the river.

Ok, maybe that's a stretch . . .

By Googie Baba on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 1:37pm.

It could happen.

By Sock_Puppet on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 2:07pm.

If it had worked, he could have been the next Houdini?

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 6:55pm.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who seems to have thought about this.

Now I can't help but wonder if this was a daredevil copycat stunt gone horribly wrong ... and if there is somebody who isn't telling all he or she knows.

By bostnkid on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 2:57pm.

didnt he do some tricks in the charles?

im betting this is a domestic thing. it has to be somebody with the time and place to chain and weigh down the body? not the quietest spot to dump a body but who knows. i cant remember anyone ever being pulled out of the charles like this. weird.

By adamg on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 3:04pm.

Had himself chained and thrown into the Charles from the Harvard Bridge in 1908.

By Elissa on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 4:10pm.

Don't forget: Jualine Jules, who was murdered in 2004- allegedly by this guy.

Her body had been wrapped in plastic and submerged somehow. She surfaced on the Memorial Drive side about a month after she was killed and dumped.

By JeffT on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 4:27pm.

I'm blaming Whitey...

By SixOneSeven on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 4:47pm.

My first guess was something to do with the Mob, then I realized they probably have better, less obvious places for dumping bodies.

By JeffT on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 4:59pm.

Ya never know, mob henchmen arent always the smartest of the bunch.

By anon on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 6:22pm.

Could be that this guy somehow REALLY pissed them off and this is a warning to others. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.

By adamg on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 6:19pm.

Confirmation was through dental records.