New York Times cites Sorg in article on bodies found in Central Park waters
The New York Times cited Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in an article about two bodies found in Central Park waters. Almost every year, the break in weather at the beginning of spring brings dead bodies to the surface of New York’s rivers and harbor, according to the article. Sorg, a forensic anthropologist who examines decomposed bodies for several medical examiners in the region, said warm waters allow bacteria to grow in the gut or chest cavity, producing gases that make a body more buoyant. But if creatures such as lobsters or crabs start scavenging, the gases can be released and a body might never come up, she said.