NYPD investigates after a headless torso was found in a suitcase floating in the East River near Governors Island.

A New York City ferry captain saw the luggage and called the Police Department’s Harbor Unit. The authorities have not identified the remains.

The gruesome discovery was made when the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the suitcase, which contained a man's torso, in the East River south of Manhattan.

Police made the gruesome discovery of a man’s torso floating off Manhattan near Governors Island in the East River on Wednesday. According to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, the NYPD Harbor Unit spotted a suitcase containing the remains around 5:30 p.

Police recovered a suitcase from the East River in New York City on Wednesday evening that was found to contain human remains. According to ABC News, authorities from the New York Police Department's Harbor Unit made the grim discovery at approximately 5:30 p.

NYPD officials said a ferry crew spotted the suitcase near Governor’s Island around 5:30 p.m., prompting the department’s harbor unit to respond and retrieve it. The suitcase was transported to Pier 16 in South Street Seaport,