Fishermen Make Gruesome Discovery in Nets, Prompting Police Response

A group of fishermen unwittingly made a ghastly discovery when they pulled a dead body in their net while on a fishing expedition off the coast of Massachusetts last week.

According to TMZ, fisherman caught a dead body last Wednesday morning some 50 miles from Boston. The outlet reports that the dead body was found in their nets during the voyage. Citing a source with direct knowledge of the situation, TMZ reports that the fisherman had no clue what they had reeled in along with a pile of fish.

After making the discovery, the fisherman reported the discovery to the U.S. Coast Guard, and now an investigation is underway. TMZ obtained a photo of the gruesome discovery. The graphic photo appears to show the person wearing a suit.

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At this point, authorities can’t say whether or not this is a potential homicide, but the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy and “that may help provide some answers.”

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office told People that the body “was wrapped and in a state of decomposition.” The age or gender of the deceased person is not yet known.

The discovery off the coast in Massachusetts comes just a few years after an eerily similar scenario unfolded in 2021, when fisherman reeled in a decomposed body floating around Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn.