"Our beautiful boy is in heaven! We are both so proud to have him as our son," Medlin's grieving parents, Eva Yan and James Medlin, said in a statement to Newsday on Thursday. She described Thomas Medlin as an outstanding student who excelled at tennis and piano."
"Surveillance video recorded Medlin on the pedestrian walkway of the Manhattan Bridge at 7:06 p.m. that evening. The last activity on his cellphone was at 7:09 p.m. A surveillance camera recorded a splash in the water about a minute later."
"There is no indication of criminal activity," Suffolk police said in a Jan. 28 statement. Medlin's family initially believed he had traveled to Manhattan to visit someone he had met on Roblox, an online gaming platform. But following an investigation that included the issuance of subpoenas and search warrants, Suffolk police later determined that Medlin's disappearance was not linked to Roblox or other social media."
Thomas Medlin, a 15-year-old student from St. James, disappeared on January 9 after leaving Stony Brook School. He was spotted at Grand Central Station that afternoon and later captured on surveillance video on the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway at 7:06 p.m. His cellphone last registered activity at 7:09 p.m., followed by a recorded splash in the water. His body was recovered in Red Hook, Brooklyn on Saturday and identified on Thursday. His mother, Eva Yan, led an extensive search effort across Manhattan while appealing for help on social media. Police investigation determined no criminal activity or connection to online platforms was involved in his disappearance.
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