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Bodies found duct-taped together in river identified as missing sisters

Two bound-together bodies that washed up on the shore along the Hudson River in New York City have been identified as missing sisters from Virginia.

The New York Police Department says the bodies that were found on Wednesday lying on rocks along the river were 22-year-old Rotana Farea and her 16-year-old sister, Tala Farea, both of Fairfax, Virginia.

The bodies have been identified as two missing sisters. Source: AP
The bodies have been identified as two missing sisters. Source: AP

A passer-by found the two bodies off Manhattan’s Upper West Side at about 2.40pm (local time) and called authorities.

Tala was last seen on August 24, according to a posting on the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children’s website. The alert said she might be with her sister.

The sisters’ bodies were pulled from the Hudson on Wednesday. Source: WABC
The sisters’ bodies were pulled from the Hudson on Wednesday. Source: WABC

The bodies were found bound together with duct tape, facing each other.

Police said both were fully clothed and there were no obvious signs of trauma.

The cause of death for the two young women has not been determined.