Authorities pulled Goldman Sachs analyst John Castic's lifeless body from Newtown Creek in New York City waters after he was reported missing following a concert at the Brooklyn Mirage.
Police said the 27-year-old's body was found less than half a mile from where he was reported missing. The analyst was an Illinois native who lived in Lower Manhattan and was said to have vanished after leaving the Bushwick hotspot at roughly 3:00 a.m. on Saturday.
John Castic Found Dead
On Tuesday, at around 11:00 a.m., reports noted a bloated, shirtless body floating face-down in the English Kills, a branch of the East River tributary. The individual who reported the incident called the cops, who deployed the New York Police Department's (NYPD) Emergency Service Unit to recover the body.
Law enforcement authorities later identified the deceased as Castic, noting that he had no apparent signs of trauma apart from drowning. The analyst's close friend, Sara Kostecka from Chicago, remembered the deceased on Tuesday as an "amazing person," as per the New York Post.
The 25-year-old Kostecka said that Castic was a very charismatic man with high energy and a good sense of humor. She added that her late friend did not deserve death, whatever happened, noting that the analyst was a "very responsible individual" who would not simply disappear.
Many of Castic's other friends remembered him as a person who was quick with a smile and a joke. Eamon Stenson, who worked in sales and met the deceased on a kickball team two years before the tragic incident, said that Castic could make him laugh whenever they were together.
The 30-year-old Stenson continued to say that the Goldman Sachs staffer loved everybody and that everybody loved him. Another friend, 31-year-old William Sullivan, who works in finance, expressed similar views, adding that Castic was always fun to be around.
Young Men Disappearing in Chicago
The deceased's father, Jeffrey Castic, said that police told him his son's death was by misadventure as they found his wallet and phone on his person when his body was pulled out of the waters, according to Fox News.
Castic's father said that his son was not so smart, arguing that he may have done something dumb that cost him his life. He said that his son may have been impaired shortly before his death, saying there could have been a lapse in judgment.
The city's medical examiner is set to perform an autopsy on Castic's body and try to determine his exact cause of death as police are investigating the incident. Karl Clemente, a 27-year-old psychologist, also vanished from the same music venue on June 11 and was found dead in Newtown Creek five days later.
Kostecka also said that she hoped that Castic's death is unrelated to the recent series of young adult males who have gone missing and ended up in bodies of water in Chicago. Her statement referenced the Smiley Face Killer theory that has been spreading, said the Hindustan Times.
