{"id":658431,"date":"2026-03-15T23:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/658431\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:33:40","slug":"missing-15-year-old-boy-found-dead-nearly-2-months-after-he-vanished-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/658431\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing 15-year-old boy found dead nearly 2 months after he vanished, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">(Gray News) &#8211; A 15-year-old boy in New York who went missing nearly two months ago was found dead, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Thomas Medlin\u2019s body was recovered off the waters of Red Hook, a neighborhood in Brooklyn on March 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolkpd.org\/Alerts\/Press-Releases\/ArtMID\/10029\/ArticleID\/14559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/suffolkpd.org\/Alerts\/Press-Releases\/ArtMID\/10029\/ArticleID\/14559\">Suffolk County police said in a news release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Thomas Medlin, 15, went missing after traveling into Manhattan from his Long Island,\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OZGPTNMOJ5GDLIDRMMGN6AXUNU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Thomas Medlin, 15, went missing after traveling into Manhattan from his Long Island,(Source: Suffolk County Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Medlin went missing Friday, Jan. 9, after going from his Long Island home to Manhattan after school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Medlin left Stony Brook School that Friday about 3:30 p.m. and \u201cran\u201d to the Stony Brook Long Island Rail Road station, where he seemingly caught a train into Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"A photo shared by police shows the 15-year-old wearing a backpack and holding a large object...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KVDIPDE7ZVD5NENEL2BHOPEQNI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1593\" \/>A photo shared by police shows the 15-year-old wearing a backpack and holding a large object while walking on what appears to be a N.Y.C. subway train platform.(Source: Suffolk County Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Medlin\u2019s mother, Eva Yan, <a href=\"https:\/\/longisland.news12.com\/exclusive-st-james-family-seeks-publics-help-finding-missing-15-year-old-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/longisland.news12.com\/exclusive-st-james-family-seeks-publics-help-finding-missing-15-year-old-boy\">told News 12 <\/a>that she believed the teen was heading into the city to meet someone he became friends with through Roblox. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">However, <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolkpd.org\/Alerts\/Press-Releases\/ArtMID\/10029\/ArticleID\/14559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/suffolkpd.org\/Alerts\/Press-Releases\/ArtMID\/10029\/ArticleID\/14559\">in a Jan. 26 update,<\/a> police said they hadn\u2019t found any proof of that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cUnder the issuance of subpoenas and search warrants, an examination so far of multiple social media\/online gaming profiles and forensic examination of electronic devices associated with Medlin was conducted,\u201d police said in their statement. \u201cThis examination has determined these platforms are not connected to his disappearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police said he was last seen on surveillance footage walking across the Manhattan Bridge the night he went missing. That\u2019s where police said the camera captured a splash in the water. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He was never seen leaving the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police said there was \u201cno indication of criminal activity\u201d at the time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. 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