Berman Gutiérrez, a 25-year-old native of Nicaragua, is being frantically searched for, because according to his family he disappeared during a walk to the beach early yesterday in Far Rockaway, Queens (NYC).
“After walking through the sand at 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard, the young man apparently took off his shirt and jumped into the water, to swim in the middle of the night, but never came out,” he reported. NY1 News.
“The version they give is the one that went into the water and drowned, but we don’t like that, it doesn’t fit us. So we want the police to investigate what happened here, because I see that there is something different here, hiding here, that’s why we want them to investigate,” said his uncle Noel Torres.
Apparently Gutierrez, father of a 5 year old girl, he had been walking on the beach with other friends: two women and a man. His uncle said that he did not know any girlfriend and that the young man had only been living in New York for a year and a half, working and with good behavior.
He added that his nephew did not like to get into the water very much, so he is surprised that he jumped into the sea and at night, as they say. Also “If the body was there, it would have already appeared, it would have already floated in the water, So this is weird, it’s really weird,” said Torres.
NYPD said they were called to the beach around 2 a.m. near Seagirt Boulevard and Beach 17, where crews scoured the water. With red flags on the beach, no swimming was allowed yesterday. “The threat of rip currents and shark sightings earlier in the day left some beachgoers feeling uneasy,” he said. CBS2.
Anyone with information on the missing youth should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
