Women jump into Niagara Falls with their two young sons in an ‘intentional act’: police

According to the latest reports, a woman and her two young children are dead after they intentionally drove through a safety barrier and jumped into Niagara Falls on Monday. New York State Police.

The alleged murder-suicide occurred around 9 p.m., when 33-year-old Chianti Means took her 9-year-old and 5-month-old child, climbed over a railing on Luna Island and then dove into the Niagara River. Luna Island is a small island between American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls and, along with Horseshoe Falls, is a popular tourist attraction. The island is connected to Goat Island.

Law enforcement arrived on scene and determined that everyone had passed.

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“The investigation has determined that this incident was intentional, although the circumstances remain under investigation,” New York State Police said in a news release.

Authorities are using unmanned aerial vehicles and underwater units to search for the three missing people.

As of Thursday, rescuers still had not been able to locate the bodies. New York State Police say Fox News Digital.

According to the media, Means and her children – 9-year-old Roman Rossman and little Mecca Means – were residents of Niagara Falls. New York Post Office.

New York State Trooper James O’Callaghan said no other people were involved in the incident and it was unlikely to be an accident.

“There are many safety measures in place at state parks. So it’s not something they just stumbled into,” O’Callaghan said at a news conference Wednesday. “It’s a small area right at the top of the falls and we believe that’s where they entered“

Luna Island is open 24 hours a day, and it was already dark when the incident occurred. Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls straddling the border of Canada and New York.

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“And what were the actual circumstances of this event? This part we may know or be able to solve, but we may never know. The truth, however, is that we do not believe there are any other parties involved. We are only talking about these three victims of these three people.”

O’Callaghan said what eyewitnesses told police was “disturbing”, although he was unable to share what they said.

“They definitely went there that night and none of them came back. But as I said, based on the information we have, we know that it was intentional. However, it is more difficult to answer the question why this is happening,” he said.

O’Callaghan said the family of the deceased had been very cooperative, which had allowed police to speed up their investigation. This means that she was the mother of both children and they had different fathers.

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Police also talked to Means’ associates. Means described herself as a domestic violence counselor on her LinkedIn profile.

“We don’t see any indicators (sanity “I think that would be consistent with that level of high stress or mental instability,” O’Callaghan said.

This story is about suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, contact the Suicide and Crisis Hotline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).