A New York City ferry captain saw the luggage and called the Police Department’s Harbor Unit. The authorities have not identified the remains.

The human remains found stuffed in a suitcase floating off Manhattan in the East River consisted of a man’s headless dismembered torso, police said Thursday. The suitcase was spotted drifting in the waters near Governors Island about 5:30 p.

A suitcase containing human remains was pulled from the East River off Manhattan, according to police, sparking an investigation.