NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police released a sketch late Thursday of a man they're looking to identify after his body was discovered floating in the East River in Queens last Wednesday.
Just after 8 a.m. on May 26, police responded to a call of a body floating in the vicinity of Center Boulevard and 56th Avenue in Hunters Point.
The NYPD Harbor Unit recovered and brought a man's body ashore. He was pronounced dead, police said.
The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Police describe the man as a white male that was wearing a long-sleeved brown shirt, camouflage pants, and black sneakers.
He has a small scar near his right ankle and has no tattoos.

Officials also noted that he was also in possession of two 50-cent coins and a sobriety coin that said "freedom" and "growth" on one side and has a butterfly design on the other.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).



