2 Bodies Found 2 Miles Apart in Brooklyn

Police said they found the bodies of two women who were discovered two miles apart in Brooklyn early Wednesday, NYDailyNews reported.

The nude body of Haydee Rivera, 50, of Brooklyn, was found face down on the banks of the East River near a ferry dock at North 5th Street and Kent Avenue in Greenpoint around 7:45 a.m., officials said to the newspaper, adding her body did not have obvious signs of trauma.

The body of Elba Santiago, 69, of Queens, was found in Newtown Creek near Metropolitan Avenue and Grand Street in East Williamsburg about 10:05 a.m., police said, and the two incidents are not believed to be related, according to NYDailyNews.

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