Long Island teen who vanished after trip to NYC found dead in Brooklyn waters

A 15-year-old Long Island lad who vanished aft telling his household helium was gathering idiosyncratic from the online crippled Roblox was recovered dormant successful Brooklyn waters 2 months later, constabulary said.

Thomas Medlin, of St. James, New York, was recovered from waters disconnected Red Hook successful Brooklyn connected March 7, the Suffolk County Police Department announced. Officials confirmed his individuality Thursday.

Medlin near the Stony Brook School connected Jan. 9 astir 3:30 p.m. and ran to the Stony Brook bid station, authorities said. He was past seen astatine Grand Central Terminal successful Manhattan astir 5:30 p.m. aboriginal that day.

After his disappearance, Medlin’s household said their lad had gone to New York City to conscionable idiosyncratic helium met done the online crippled Roblox.

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Thomas Medlin, 15, was identified connected March 12 aft his assemblage was recovered from waters disconnected Red Hook successful Brooklyn, much than 2 months aft helium vanished. (Suffolk County Police Department)

A Roblox spokesperson antecedently told Fox News Digital the level is "built with information astatine its core" and offers parental controls that let parents to disable the in-game chat function.

"We are profoundly troubled by this incidental and are moving with instrumentality enforcement to enactment their investigation," the spokesperson said. "Roblox is built with information astatine its core, including robust policies to assistance support users that spell beyond galore different platforms. We person filters designed to artifact the sharing of idiosyncratic accusation and don’t let user-to-user representation oregon video sharing."

The institution added that "while nary strategy is perfect, our committedness to information ne'er ends, and we proceed to germinate and fortify our protections each day."

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In this surveillance photo, Thomas Medlin is seen walking successful Grand Central Station successful New York City astir 5:30 p.m. connected Jan. 9, constabulary said. (Suffolk County Police Department)

After reviewing Medlin’s societal media and online gaming profiles, constabulary determined the platforms were "not connected" to the teen’s disappearance.

Police added determination is "no denotation of transgression activity."

Investigators determined done video and integer grounds that Medlin’s past known determination was connected the pedestrian walkway of the Manhattan Bridge connected Jan. 9 astatine 7:06 p.m., and his cellphone was past progressive astatine 7:09 p.m.

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Suffolk County Police confirmed connected March 12 that Thomas Medlin’s assemblage was recovered successful Brooklyn weeks aft helium went missing. (Suffolk County Police Department)

A splash was captured connected surveillance video successful the h2o beneath astatine 7:10 p.m., according to investigators. Authorities said Medlin was ne'er seen walking disconnected the bridge.

The probe remains ongoing.

Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.