Body Of Missing 11-Year-Old Boy Found In Hudson River: NYPD

HARLEM, NY — The body of Alfa Barrie, 11, a missing boy last seen in Harlem was pulled out of the Hudson River on Saturday morning, police confirmed to Patch.

The body was found in the Hudson River near 102nd Street and Riverside Drive about 7 a.m., police said.

Barrie, a Bronx resident and a sixth grader at Democracy Prep Harlem Middle School, had been missing for more than a week along with his friend Garrett Warren, 13.

Warren's body was found in the East River near East 138th Street on Thursday, police said.

The two children were last seen walking together after school on May 12 near 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, police said.

"We are devastated to learn that Alfa Ousmane Barrie is no longer with us," said Natasha Trivers in a statement, the CEO of the charter school network that runs Democracy Prep. "Our hearts go out to his family and friends, and the community that is grieving for him. Alfa was a 6th grader at Democracy Prep Harlem Middle School, where he stood out as a funny, bright, witty, inquisitive and brave child."

The medical examiner is still determining a cause of death for both children.