Burnt body found on Gerritsen Beach ID’d as 14-year-old girl
The burnt, naked body of a girl found in a weedy patch on Gerritsen Beach this past Sunday has been identified as that of a missing 14-year-old girl, NBC reports.
Law enforcement sources told NBC on Tuesday that the victim was Shaniesha Forbes, who had been missing since Friday. Investigators also located a kerosene can and signs of a bonfire nearby.
The girl’s body was found along the shoreline near the border of Marine Park, near Gerritsen and Lois Avenues.