Human remains have been found in a suitcase that was drifting in the East River in New York City, police said.

The New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit pulled the remains out of the river near Governor's Island around 5:30 p.m.

A New York City ferry captain saw the luggage and called the Police Department’s Harbor Unit. The authorities have not identified the remains.

According to ABC News, authorities from the New York Police Department's Harbor Unit made the grim discovery at approximately ...

The grisly discovery marked the second time in the past week that police said they had found human remains in a public place.

Human remains were found inside a suitcase that was floating in the East River near Governor’s Island on Wednesday evening, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police made the gruesome discovery of a man’s torso floating off Manhattan near Governors Island in the ...

The remains of a body were found Wednesday inside a suitcase floating in the East River, police said. The grizzly discovery ...

A suitcase containing human remains was recovered by police from New York's East River on Wednesday evening, police said.

The gruesome discovery was made when the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the suitcase, which contained a man's torso, in the East ...

The human remains were found stuffed inside the suitcase that was pulled from the New York river on Wednesday afternoon and ...