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Search teams return to Charles River near North Station

By adamg on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 10:10am
Peering down a hatch near the Charles River at North Station

Peering down a gap on the North Station side of the river. Photo by Margaret Phan.

UPDATE: The Globe reports police have video that appears to show Marr falling into the river.

A Boston Police dive team and other searchers have returned to the Charles River near North Station, where crews searched last week for evidence related to the disappearance of Zachary Marr, last seen outside the Bell in Hand and the Boston Public Market on Feb. 13.

Margaret Phan reports searchers are paying particular attention to a gap in the tracks over the river on the North Station side.

Jennifer M reports Boston Police divers are back at the scene as well.

Around 10:40 a.m., divers started going into the river to look under the bridge, Aly reports:

Divers going into Charles River

Phan provides this video:

Neighborhoods: 
Downtown
Free tagging: 
Charles River
Zachary Marr
North Station


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Comments

By Judy on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 10:35am.

Thank you for putting this information out. I am a family member hoping for swift recovery of our beloved Zach.

By cybah on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 6:40am.

So sad.

We're hoping for the best outcome for you.

Signed.. Uhubbers

By Scumquistador on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 8:58am.

dont speak for others imo

By BostonGal on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 8:52pm.

What exactly are you hoping for, Scumquistador? I can't even imagine. Do tell.

By Scumquistador on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 1:57pm.

that sign up for dive training, it is not a job i would want to do

By Irma la Douce on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 3:44pm.

The Globe is reporting BPD says they have video of him entering the water, with no reason to suspect foul play.

By adamg on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:26pm.

Here.

By R Hookup on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:17pm.

It does seem like an odd place to go to from the Bell in Hand without a jacket. It's a good 15-20 minute walk down to the river, so you would wonder why he went there.

By CopleyScott17 on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:23pm.

I would try to get there as soon as I could if I was coat-less. If that was his destination, maybe that looked like the fastest route? Just speculating.

By Ron Newman on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:42pm.

Why would he do that?

If he just needed to go somewhere warm, I believe the Orange/Green Line station was still open at that hour.

By Irma la Douce on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:54pm.

from WCVB.com: "Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said new surveillance video shows Marr in the North Station area. Investigators think he was trying to get to the commuter rail, became confused and went into the water."

By Ron Newman on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 5:33pm.

Unlike the subway, which was still in 'Late Night' mode on a Friday night.

I wonder if there is any video of him trying the entrance door, finding it locked, and then walking on towards the tracks?

By anon on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 9:50am.

How would he get onto the tracks? Everything is surrounded by high chainlink fences.

By Ron Newman on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 11:11am.

leading towards the Charles River, but abruptly ending at the railroad bridge over the river. I think only low, easily climbed railings separate these walkways from the tracks.

By ? on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 5:57pm.

...he passed both Haymarket and north station.
Other news outlets reporting police said video shows him on Nashua St across from the old Spaulding Rehab.
Coincidentally it's exactly where William Hurley was last seen until he was recovered over a week later from the river.
His phone was also found smashed there - where police had previously searched and found nothing.

By Scumquistador on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:25pm.

and if he was drunk, that shit doesnt feel very cold.

By R Hookup on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:47pm.

A half mile in minus zero weather can be pretty brutal without a coat. But if you have a destination in mind, I suppose you can do it.

But wasn't the behavior of someone just trying to get warm until his friends come out of the bar.

By Scumquistador on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 5:23pm.

and it wasnt at all below zero when he went missing

By Ron Newman on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 5:31pm.

That whole weekend was bitterly cold, and often windy -- a very bad time to be out without a jacket.

By Scumquistador on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 6:10pm.

are you arguing against "if he was drunk, it doesnt feel that cold"

why the blue F is that something that is up for debate.

nobody is saying it was warm. nobody is saying it wasnt windy. nobody is saying it was a good idea to be without a jacket.

By anon on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 3:40pm.

The windchill was well below zero, and alcohol lowers your body temperature, so someone without a jacket would probably feel quite cold. That's why.

By ? on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 4:33pm.

...is the only news outlet reporting that there is video showing Zach going into the water.
All of the other reports say that video shows him heading close to north station.
I'm hoping still for his safe return, but there's a huge difference if there's video evidence showing him going into the water as opposed to video of him close to the water.

By whiteymarr on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 5:57pm.

thank you so very much Margaret, from Zach's uncle.

By TiminCharlestown on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 12:26pm.

To the family and friends reading - I'm so sorry for your loss. Tragic and nothing can prepare you for losing someone like this.