A dead body was found floating in Central Park’s famed Turtle Pond on Monday evening, police confirmed.
Police recovered the body of an unfortunate man from the murky depths of Turtle Pond, situated between the 79th Street Transverse and the Great Lawn.
The man was found floating face-down in the pond, a police spokesperson said. It’s as yet unclear how he died and how he got there, but the spokesperson said there were no obvious signs of any trauma to the body. The Office of the Medical Examiner will conduct an investigation into how the man died.
The news comes less than two weeks after a man’s decomposing body was pulled from the Lake, just across the 79th Street Transverse.
The pond is populated by a large cadre of red-eared sliders and other shelled beasts. Like in many of the city’s parks, the population largely consists of abandoned former pets and their descendants, and the turtles are generally considered an invasive species.
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is available.
