Fishermen caught a decomposed body which had been wrapped and tied with a belt or rope.
The wrapped body “in a state of decomposition” was hauled out of the water by fishermen who immediately contacted the authorities
An autopsy is now being carried out after the discovery by an unnamed fishing vessel which was working about 40 miles off the coast of Boston on Friday morning when the crew realised the body was trapped in their fishing nets.
The crew quickly reported the horrifying discovery to the US Coast Guard, but the Massachusetts State Police were the first to respond to the scene.
A disturbing photo has been obtained by the US online news outlet TMZ which shows the body appears to be bound around the arms with a rope or belt, lying on a blue tarp onboard the vessel.
Our source said the people onboard the vessel didn’t know there was a body in their catch until they started picking through the pile of fish, but, once they did, they reported it to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard and the District Attorney’s office said they are investigating.
The DA’s office told the outlet they were not able to confirm the name, age, or gender of the body, and a cause of death has yet to be revealed.
The gruesome discovery comes months after the body of a man was found weighed down with stones in the water just off Riverside Park in New York City.
In September, the corpse of the unidentified man – believed to be between his mid-30s to 40s – was discovered in the Hudson River.
Investigators were eyeing the case as suspicious, cops said at the time.
The body being pulled from the water in Boston also strikes similarity to when a fisherman reeled in a decomposed body from a Brooklyn pier.