An investigation has been launched after a headless body was discovered on a beach in the Rockaways in New York City.
The NYPD were on the scene at Breezy Point Beach just after noon on Friday after reports of human torso came in to 911.
Officers with the 100th Precinct responded to the gruesome sight which saw a human torso with legs still attached but without arms, was found lying on the sand.
The discovery comes only weeks after a talented Irish film maker named Ross McDonnell disappeared from his New York home with his bike later being found at Fort Tilden Beach near Roxbury – just three miles away from Breezy Point Beach.
Emmy award winner McDonnell, 44, was last spotted late on the night of Saturday, November 4 at Fort Tilden Beach near Roxbury, where his bicycle was found locked up three days later.
Earlier this month, friend Gene Gallerano, told The Irish Times that McDonnell appears to have been on the beach but ‘went out into the ocean’ before disappearing.
The identity of the body found on Friday will not be released until the family is notified.
The NYPD has not revealed whether the body had washed up on shore or been dumped on the beach.
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