A second body has been found in the Schuylkill River several weeks after two friends disappeared in Philadelphia.
Family members identified the body Tuesday as Quadir Diaz, who had been missing since March 7, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
“It’s definitely Quadir,” Taniesha Diaz, the 18-year-old’s mother, told the Inquirer.
Diaz and two friends were driving in Northeast Philadelphia on the evening of March 7, but only one of the three pals returned home. That person has not been publicly identified by police.
Previously, authorities found the body of Ausar Scott-Thomas, 21, in the Schuylkill on March 31.
The surviving friend has told Scott-Thomas’ family that the three buddies were being chased by another car and crashed, then decided to split up and take off on foot, according to the Inquirer.
Diaz’s family said he and Scott-Thomas were extremely close. Taniesha Diaz told the Inquirer she had been fearing the worst ever since Scott-Thomas’ body was found.
“He’s not going to leave Ausar, and Ausar is not going to leave him,” she told the paper at the time. “If Ausar jumped in the water, Quadir jumped right with him.”
Police did not confirm that Diaz was the man found Tuesday, according to local CBS affiliate KYW. Cops said the body had been in the water for a while and there were no obvious signs of trauma.
Authorities are still investigating the case. Diaz’s car and various items belonging to him and Scott-Thomas were previously found in Fairmount Park.
“I believe in my heart my son was set up,” Taniesha Diaz previously told local Fox affiliate WTXF. “I believe in my heart that if he is in the water he didn’t just jump, he was pushed or someone was chasing him.”
