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Body recovered from Fort Point Channel identified as man who went missing from Marriott Long Wharf in February

Losik

The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune is running an obituary for Eugene Losik, who disappeared from the Mariott Long Wharf this past February.

The obituary confirms that the body found floating in Fort Point Channel earlier this month was that of the 25-year-old North Andover engineer, last spotted by a friend standing in front of the waterside hotel early on Feb. 20, after attending a birthday party with his girlfriend.

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Thank god he has been found, although it was not the outcome his family had hoped for.

Such a strange case - I am wondering why it took so long to identify him and what the cause of death is - I have not seen a COD indicated in any articles. So similar also to the case of William Hurley last year and I am wondering if the cops have linked these cases, and if they have also continued to investigate William's death. Two seemingly sober, healthy young men with no history of depression or indication of suicidal behavior somehow ending up in the water when they would have no cause or reason to go near the water, after a night out. I really don't get it.

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Too bad the two dailies or four local channels in town don't do any actual crime reporting anymore (unless it involves "your tax dollars at work"). Because something strange is going on.

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Clearly not a good result. But am I not getting something here? If he actually ended up in the water the night he disappeared in February, I would think that it would be kind of obvious as to why it took a while to identify the body and why it might be hard to determine the cause of death. Months in the harbor would really do a number on a body, no?

I guess the question is whether he ended up in the water immediately or not, but even so, it was months. Definitely something a little disturbing here.

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But with it being well known to LE that Mr. Losik disappeared nearby, you'd think they would already have dental records and DNA on file to test against the body right away, even if he'd been in the water awhile. Given the rate of decomp, they could estimate how long he'd been in the water, and narrow down the possibilities from there - it's not like there are that many missing people to check.

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It probably just took an overworked medical examiner's office three weeks to get to the body. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the real world moves at CSI speeds - the FBI has this cool DNA database, but it can take several months for local law-enforcement to get an answer out of it.

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. . . that judges are now instructing jurors that CSI and other cop shows that show flawless accuracy in forensics isn't real life by a long shot and to take that into consideration while deliberating.

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Take a look at this Supreme Judicial Court ruling from earlier this year.

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Why Capital Punishment is a really bad idea in practice.

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