{"id":163165,"date":"2026-03-14T09:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163165\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T09:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:34:39","slug":"long-island-teen-who-vanished-after-trip-to-nyc-found-dead-in-brooklyn-waters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163165\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Island teen who vanished after trip to NYC found dead in Brooklyn waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 15-year-old Long Island boy who vanished<\/a> after leaving school and traveling into New York City, was found dead in Brooklyn waters two months later, police said.<\/p>\n

Thomas Medlin, of St. James, New York, was recovered from waters off Red Hook in Brooklyn on March 7, the Suffolk County Police Department announced. Officials confirmed his identity Thursday.<\/p>\n

Medlin left The Stony Brook School on Jan. 9 around 3:30 p.m. and ran to the Stony Brook train station, authorities said. He was last seen at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan around 5:30 p.m. later that day.<\/p>\n

After his disappearance<\/a>, Medlin\u2019s family said their son had gone to New York City to meet someone he met through the online game Roblox.<\/p>\n

Roblox Child Safety Warning After Nebraska Kidnapping Case<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

Thomas Medlin, 15, was identified on March 12 after his body was recovered from waters off Red Hook in Brooklyn, more than two months after he vanished.<\/p>\n

(Fox News)<\/p>\n

After reviewing Medlin\u2019s social media and online gaming profiles, police determined the platforms were “not connected” to the teen\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n

Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n

Police added<\/a> there is “no indication of criminal activity.”<\/p>\n

A Roblox spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital the platform is “built with safety at its core<\/a>” and offers parental controls that allow parents to disable the in-game chat function.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Bridge<\/a> on Jan. 9 at 7:06 p.m., and his cellphone was last active at 7:09 p.m.<\/p>\n

Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

Suffolk County Police confirmed on March 12 that Thomas Medlin\u2019s body was recovered in Brooklyn weeks after he went missing.<\/p>\n

A splash was captured on surveillance video in the water below at 7:10 p.m., according to investigators. Authorities said Medlin was never seen walking off the bridge.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Original article source: Long Island teen who vanished after trip to NYC found dead in Brooklyn waters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 15-year-old Long Island boy who vanished after leaving school and traveling into New York City, was found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,3955,9,24,63,50063,49896,67299],"class_list":["post-163165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-grand-central-terminal","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-stony-brook-school","tag-thomas-medlin","tag-waters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}