Cops investigate human arm, legs found near Queens shoreline for link to missing teen Avonte Oquendo
The limbs were found near Powell's Cove Blvd. and Endeavor Place in College Point about 7 p.m., police sources said. A sneaker also was found, the sources said, but they could not say whether it belongs to the autistic 14-year-old boy, who went missing more than three months ago.
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Published: Friday, January 17, 2014, 12:49 AM
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The Queens Medical Examiner's staff removes the human remains from College Point Thursday night. Police are probing a possible link to autistic teen Avonte Oquendo, who went missing from his Queens school Oct. 4.
Cops are investigating whether an arm and legs found near a Queens shoreline Thursday are those of missing teen
Avonte Oquendo, a police source said.
The human limbs were found near Powell's Cove Blvd. and Endeavor Place in College Point about 7 p.m., police sources said. A sneaker also was found, sources added, but they could not say whether it belongs to the autistic 14-year-old boy, who went missing more than three months ago.
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Cops search for evidence after human remains were found near the DEP water treatment plant in Queens.
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But Tony Herbert, a community activist who has been in touch with Avonte's family, said the remains are likely those of the teen.
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Police search the water in the Whitestone Bay after finding human remains, believed to be those of missing teen Avonte Oquendo.
"It's looking really grim that it may be him," Herbert said.
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The Medical Examiner's staff removes the human remains from Powell's Cove Blvd. and Endeavor Place in College Point. An unidentified teen made the gruesome discovery of the remains, sources said.
"The concern is obvious,” a police source said. “When you have body parts, there’s the obvious question about what happened. Was there a murder, or a drowning with bad decomposition?"
Cops responded to a 911 call about human remains found near Powell Cove Blvd. and Endeavor Place, according to a police statement. "Upon arrival, police discovered a possible arm and legs on the rocks of the location. The remains will be removed to the Queens County Morgue and the Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. The investigation is ongoing."
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Police investigate the scene where human remains were found off the Whitestone Bay.
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There were a couple of police cruisers at the College Point scene from the 108 Precinct, where Avonte's school is located. Bloodhounds had picked up Avonte's scent in a marshy area near the school after he went missing. Cops in College Point, however, said the cruisers were at the scene for "personnel purposes," unrelated to the discovery of the human remains.
Avonte, who is nonverbal, has been the subject of massive searches since he was last seen Oct. 4 walking past a security guard and out of the Riverview School in Long Island City, Queens.
An NYPD van was stationed at the Oquendos' 67th Ave. home in Rego Park, Queens, early Friday.
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A look at where Oquendo first went missing in Queens and where his possible remains have surfaced.
Avonte, who is nonverbal, has been the subject of massive searches since he was last seen Oct. 4 walking past a security guard and out of the Riverview School in Long Island City.
The boy was wearing a gray striped shirt, black jeans and black sneakers on the last day he was seen alive. His panic-stricken family and police distributed fliers begging for the boy’s return and have endured numerous false sightings. At one point, subway workers walked the tunnels in hopes of finding the boy who has a fascination with trains.
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NYPD officers from the 109th Precinct at the site on Powell's Cove Blvd. where human remains were found near Endeavor Place and the DEP water treatment plant.
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An unidentified teen made the gruesome discovery of the human remains, sources said Thursday. The teen reportedly announced the grisly find on social media, according to one source.
Police scoured the depths of Powell’s Cove until the tide came in late Thursday and were maintaining the scene early Friday. They planned to step up their search at daylight Friday.
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An official report written by Riverview School staffers showed Avonte disappeared from a group of students who were walking from a cafeteria to a computer lab, the Oquendo family’s lawyer, David Perecman, has said.
Perecman filed a $25 million notice of claim against the city on behalf of Avonte’s family on Oct. 9.
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at the sheer extent they used for this kid. At a point it was getting redundant. It was very, very much out the norm. 
