New York Times interviews Sorg about body found near Brooklyn dock
The New York Times cited Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in an article about a body that was found tied to a cinder block near a Brooklyn dock. According to police, the body had “some level of decomposition.” The depth at which the body might have been submerged could have slowed the decomposition, since deeper water is colder, according to Sorg, who has more than 40 years of experience working with medical examiners. The tarp wrapped around the body could also have an impact, she said. “When they’re wrapped like that, depending on how well they’re wrapped, it protects the body from scavengers and being pulled part,” said Sorg, who added a storm surge might have displaced the body to a shallower area.