DA s Office: Missing Buffalo State student Saniyya Dennis presumed to have taken her own life
The Dennis Family
and last updated 2021-05-06 11:37:47-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Missing Buffalo State College student Saniyya Dennis is presumed to have taken her own life, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn reported in a news conference Thursday morning.
Dennis, 19, has been missing since April 24. Her cell phone last pinged on Goat Island in Niagara Falls around 1:23 a.m. April 25. Police, loved ones and volunteers have spent the past 11 days searching for the sophomore honors student from The Bronx. The Erie County District Attorney s Office partnered with University Police at Buffalo State this week to lead the search for Dennis. Her family met with the DA Wednesday night.
This is so heartbreaking…..
A Buffalo State college student, Saniyya Dennis, 19 was reported missing since April 24. News sources say, her cell phone last pinged on Goat Island in Niagara Falls around 1:23 a.m. April 25.
For 11 days, family/friends and a rescue team have been looking for Dennis. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office partnered with University Police at Buffalo State to lead the search. ABC reports she is presumed to have taken her own life.
Authorities didn’t locate her body. They believe she took her life based on a timeline since she’s been missing. According to District Attorney John Flynn, Dennis got into an argument with her boyfriend via the phone on April 24. She reportedly tried contacting him 59 times and didn’t hear back. Dennis called her male friend in New York and expressed to him that she planned on killing herself.
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Dread was released on his own recognizance until his sentencing, scheduled for Nov. 22. He faces a maximum of seven years in prison.
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