Police are investigating the tragic death of a local teenager after her mauled body washed up on South Shore Beach early this morning.
According to Amity Police Chief Martin Brody, the girl was identified as Wendy W. Watson, 17, a senior at Amity High School. Her body had been discovered as severely mangled by an unknown attacker and was transported to the coroner's office for autopsy.
Police were notified to her disappearance around 4 a.m. by another teen, a male, whose identity is being withheld.
Watson was last seen alive leaving a beach party with her unidentified male companion around 11 p.m.
As told by this confidential source, the two teenagers decided to slip away for a late-night swim off a remote section of South Beach near the South Beach Shoal bell buoy. Witnesses confirmed that both teenagers had been drinking heavily.
Investigators are stumped at the extraordinary of this case. The weather last night was clear, the seas calm, and Watson was reportedly an excellent swimmer, starting rumors of a shark being the culprit.
Though a shark attack has not been entirely ruled out, police assure beachgoers that the waters are safe. The island's beaches are to remain open pending the outcome of further investigations into this case.
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