A ferry captain alerted NYPD to a floating suitcase in the East River, revealing human remains. Authorities are investigating the victim's identity and cause of death, amid rising concerns over body discoveries in NYC.

A New York City ferry captain saw the luggage and called the Police Department’s Harbor Unit. The authorities have not identified the remains.

The gruesome discovery was made when the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the suitcase, which contained a man's torso, in the East River south of Manhattan.

Police made the gruesome discovery of a man’s torso floating off Manhattan near Governors Island in the East River on Wednesday. According to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, the NYPD Harbor Unit spotted a suitcase containing the remains around 5:30 p.