Sometime between the late hours of Sunday night and the dawn of Monday morning, a senior at Amity High School was brutally killed in an attack by an unknown assailant.
Chrissie Watson, 17, was last seen alive leaving a beach party with Christopher P. Hoggenbottam III, a student of Trinity College and former resident of Amity Island.
Hoggenbottam explained to authorities that Watson opted for a late night swim and entered the water at a secluded section of beach near the South Beach Shoal bell buoy. Watson encouraged Hoggenbottam to join, despite both teens being under the influence of alcohol and possibly marijuana.
Initially, Hoggenbottam informed Amity's police chief that he believed Watson may have drowned; however, the victim was a member of the Amity High School varisty swim team and a lifeguard at the local YMCA pool in Oak Bluffs, making this suggestion unlikely. Furthermore, the discovery of Watson's mutilated corpse indicated that her death was not the result of an accidental drown.
According to authorities, the body was found at 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning by police deputy Jay Hendricks.
Although the chief of police claims there has never been a shark attack in Amity, the fact remains that something murdered the victim in such a way that her body was "very mutilated, badly decomposed and dismembered."
Currently, there are no persons of interest, only witnesses who police hope can recount enough of the story to piece together what happened.
Additonally, there is no evidence that suggests a weapon was used and no weapons have been recovered at this point in the investigation.
Authorities insist it is perfectly safe to go in the water, with the chief of police stating he would let his own children swim in the ocean at this time.
However, caution must be taken, as an attack this violent warrents safety measures to be increased.
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