GLOVERSVILLE — Officials on Thursday are expected to release the identity of a body recently found in Gloversville.
The unidentified body was found near a brush drop-off site along a bank on the Cayadutta Creek Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. A portion of nearby Beaver Street was shut down throughout the afternoon.
“The decedent's identity is not going to be released until the individual's family has been notified,” Gloversville police spokesperson Bradley Schaffer said in a news release.
The city’s entire detective division and command staff, in addition to patrol units — about 25 officers in total — have been utilized within the first 24 hours of the investigation, Schaffer noted.
This doesn’t include additional support from the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, the state police and Johnstown police.
Law enforcement units are “aggressively” investigating the situation in coordination with county officials, according to Schaffer. The corpse was autopsied on Wednesday afternoon.
Currently, the only known identifier is that the body was an adult. The condition of the corpse and the length of the extent of post-mortem remains unclear.
Across social media, claims have spread over the purported discovery of a second corpse around an automotive shop. Such rumors are unfounded, according to police.
“Information circulating that an additional body, or bodies, have been recovered, is false,” Schaffer said.
There is not an active threat to the public at this time.
The incident follows a series of unrelated, dark events impacting the city, including two major fires. Just last week, three men were slapped with charges related to two allegedly targeted explosions going off on Helwig Street.
“It’s been a weird time,” said Councilwoman Jessica McNamara, R-2nd Ward. “It seems like the police department has been hit with one thing after the next, especially these last two weeks.”
McNamara, who represents the Beaver Street area, said that city police patrol the neighborhood. She, along with other elected officials, has been briefed on the situation on an “ongoing basis,” according to the police spokesperson.
The Beaver Street brush drop off site in Gloversville on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
The Beaver Street brush drop off site in Gloversville on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
The corner of Maple Street and Beaver Street in Gloversville on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
Images: Gloversville explosion investigation (7 photos)
ATF investigators are present outside 36 Helwig Street in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.
Glass, wooden shards are swept together near a hole in the front porch of 36 Helwig Street in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.
The damaged front porch railing, removed to the side of 36 Helwig Street in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.
ATF investigators are present outside 36 Helwig Street in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.
ATF investigators are present outside 36 Helwig Street in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.
The damaged front porch floor and railing at 36 Helwig St. in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.
The damaged front porch floor and railing at 36 Helwig Street in Gloversville Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after a reported explosion early in the morning that shook the multi-family residence and could be heard throughout the neighborhood.