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Medical examiner determines manner, cause of death for 2 bodies found in Newtown Creek last year

Both victims' bodies were discovered in Newtown Creek approximately two months apart.

Adolfo Carrion

Feb 20, 2024, 7:51 PM

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The medical examiner has determined that two people found in Newtown Creek about two months apart both died from drowning.

MORE: Investigations Continue After Two Men Found Dead in Brooklyn Creek

The medical examiner said that Karl Clemente's death was an accident, but John Castic's death remains undetermined. The OCME confirmed that after reviewing all available evidence they could not confirm how Clemente came to be in the body of water.

Both bodies were found days after both Clemente and Castic were last seen leaving a concert at a nearby club called the Brooklyn Mirage.

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