Human remains have been found in a suitcase that was drifting in the East River in New York City, police said.

The New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit pulled the remains out of the river near Governor's Island around 5:30 p.m.

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

According to ABC News, authorities from the New York Police Department's Harbor Unit made the grim discovery at approximately ...

The human remains were found stuffed inside the suitcase that was pulled from the New York river on Wednesday afternoon and ...

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

A man’s headless torso was found inside a suitcase in the East River in New York City Wednesday, police said. Crew members ...

Human remains have been recovered from a suitcase found in a New York river, police have said. The suitcase was found at ...

Human remains were found in a suitcase floating near Governors Island Wednesday afternoon, according to the NYPD. The NYPD ...

The human remains found stuffed in a suitcase floating off Manhattan in the East River consisted of a man’s headless ...

Human remains were found inside a suitcase that was floating in the East River near Governor’s Island on Wednesday evening, ...

The grisly discovery marked the second time in the past week that police said they had found human remains in a public place.