NEW YORK (Dagbladet): Irish McDonnell (44) was last seen on November 4 when he left his apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. Since then, the police and relatives have been looking for him.
On Friday, remains were found, which the police suspect to be the Irish filmmaker, write NBC News.
Early on Friday afternoon, the police went to the popular Breezy Point beach in Queens, New York. There, a passer-by had discovered the body in the sand.
Presumed dead: – Killed by crocodiles
Found a bike
The body has not been formally identified, but the police say to American media that there are many indications that it is McDonnell. The coroner is now working to determine the cause of death.
McDonnell was carrying his bicycle when he was last seen on November 4. When he did not show up for an appointment the next day, friends of his went to his house and entered the flat, according to the Irish Times.
His bike was then found locked to a bike rack on November 7 at Fort Tilden, which is beached next to Breezy Point.
Found after three months
So far, there is no suspicion that anything criminal has happened. The police are now working with the Irish consulate on a formal identification.
McDonnell was wearing a black shirt, red pants and a black backpack when he disappeared, and New York police are still urging people to call in tips about his disappearance.
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Won awards
McDonnell is originally from Dublin. He was first nominated for an Emmy Award for a documentary about Elián, the young Cuban boy, who in 1999 was rescued off the coast of Florida.
He also won an Emmy Award for his work on the Showtime series “The Trade”, which, among other things, covered the opioid epidemic in the United States and immigration from Central America. He won another Emmy in 2022 for the film “The First Wave”, which followed staff and patients in a New York hospital during the start of the pandemic.
2023-11-21 03:39:56
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