Death of Boy Possibly Linked to Death of Wendy Watson And Shark Attack

Not even 24 hours after the body of Wendy Watson washed up on the shore of Amity Beach, another boy, Alex B. Kintner, 10, of Amity was killed as well.

According to Chief of Police of Amity, Martin Brody, the attack seemed to be some sort of vicious and unprovoked shark attack.

"We don't know for sure whats going on," Brody said. "We're not jumping to any conclusions."

According to the witnesses on the beach at the time, including the chief of police, Kintner had been floating on a rubber raft off Village Beach at 2 p.m. when the attack occured. His body has not yet been recovered, and divers have not found any remains. The only piece of evidence is the raft which floated ashore shortly after the incident with what appeared to be a large bite out of it.

"We hasten to ask the press not to jump to conclusions regarding the perpetrators in this tragic incident," Brody said in a press release. "Anything is possible at this point."

Brody also said that it might now be possible that the death of Wendy Watson could have also been linked to possible shark activities in Amity but the investigation is continuing.

"I join Amity Mayor Bob Farley in expressing the town's deeprest and most sincere condolences to the Kintner family," said Brody. "Now we know that these random acts of senseless violence, victimizing innocent, helpless citizens, do not just happen in the city."

Later tonight, at 6 p.m. a meeting will be held by the Mayor, Chief Brody, and the Board of Selectman to discuss the new business of possible beach closings, the Kintner family's reward, and the offer by a fisherman to hunt down the alleged shark.

Amity Teenage Girl Dead at Sea

The body of Wendy W. Watson, 17, of Amity was found this morning washed up on the beach. The Amity Police Department is currently investigating the death of the senior at Amity High School.

Chief of Police, Martin Brody said that Watson was last seen alive leaving a beach party last night with a male teen whose identity is being withheld at about 11 p.m. The male told Amity Police that Watson was an excellent swimmier and decided to go swimming last night at a remote section of South Beach near the bell buoy. Investigators also discovered that both teenagers were drinking heavily at the time.

The question of how Watson died is still being investigated. When her body washed up on shore, it was evident that she had been severly mauled by an attacker of an unknown origin. Her body is currently at the coroner's office waiting for an autopsy.

Last night the weather was clear, temperature of 72 degrees, and the seas were calm.

Possible reasons for Watson's death have come to be a boating accident, or possibly a shark attack. When asked if Brody thinks this may have been a shark attack, he replied with "We're very busy with this and we don't have time to deal with rumors."

"We want to assure all residents and visitors on our fine island that they are in no danger," said Brody. "Our lovely beaches will remain open for swimming pending the outcome of the investigation."

Newspaper Log- Tuesday April 27th

In today's paper, I familiarized myself with a bunch of articles, just reading the first few lines of them to get the idea. One article I read like this was about how newspaper circulations have fallen 9% since last year. This just confirms my idea that print journalism is slowly dying. This makes me a little nervous since I'm planning on going into the journalism field and I can see that it is on the decline. Hopefully we can make up what we are losing in online journalism.

Another article I read was a first person story about how people are so much more comfortable on flights knowing that a nurse is on board. The woman speaking is a nurse and has given people injections on board and says that being able to help random people is extremely gratifying. I think it's pretty cool that she feels so great about her profession because she is able to help people whenever they need it, even 30,000 feet above ground.

The last article I read was titled, "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Powerpoint." The article basically talks about how powerpoint isn't always beneficial, especially when explaining military tactics and ideas. Powerpoint can easily confuse watchers and some generals have even banned it. I personally, can understand how powerpoints can be confusing. Too many graphs, charts, and ways to clutter them. I think powerpoint is a good program, but shouldn't be used to explain difficult or complex topics.

Newspaper Log- Monday April 26th, 2010

In today's paper, I read one of the front page articles. It was called, "South Africa Redoubles Efforts Against AIDS." I was interested in this article because I have visited South Africa before and I have a friend who lives there, so I wanted to see what was going on with the AIDS epidemic. I'm glad that they are being so proactive in South Africa about identifying who is HIV positive and trying to help those people.

Another article I read in the business section was titled, "Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to Craigslist." I can't believe that sex ads are going to bring $36 million this year. People are crazy for advertising that stuff on Craigslist anyway. Thats how people get raped and murdered. I think its terrible that women are selling themselves on Craigslist.

That's about all I came across in the paper today, hopefully tomorrow brings more interesting news!

Newspaper Log- Thursday April 22nd

In today's paper, I didn't find too much that sparked my interest. I read an article about underwater cameras because I am a scuba diver and might be interested in buying a new underwater digital camera one day. It was pretty cool to see how technology has developed an underwater camera that looks just like a regular digital camera. I only read one other article, and it was called, "Can't Stand to Sit Too Long? There's a Desk for That." I think it's pretty funny that there is now a desk made for people who would rather stand than sit. It seems like a great idea, but it looks pretty goofy in the pictures.

Newspaper Log- Wednesday April 21st

Unfortunately, another boring day to read the paper , in my opinion. Nothing in the national or international section striked me as fun and exciting. I did see that Britain is starting to open up airports again, since the dust and weather is clearing up from the volcano. In the business section, I read two articles.

The first is about how the F.D.A. is reducing the amount of salt in foods. The F.D.A. wants to make it known that the high levels of sodium in food are unhealthy and dangerous. A crazy fact that the article provides is that just by cutting back on salt in foods, the F.D.A. could be preventing 100,000 deaths a year. That is quite a lot. Since there is currently no limit on how much salt can be put in food, that is what the F.D.A. is trying to control. I personally think this might be a good idea. Too much salt is pretty harmful.

The last article I read, I looked at because it was about Delta and how they are continuing to lose money. My grandfather used to fly for Delta and a couple of years ago, lost a good chunk of his pension because Delta was doing so poorly. I read in the article that, unfortunately, Delta lost $256 million for the quarter. Good news though, is that Delta is benefiting from its merge with Northwest Airlines and this has caused other airlines to think about merging as well.

Newspaper Log- Tuesday April 20th

Today's paper didn't have too much that interested me. One article I read that was really interesting was about a guy who left his iphone in a bar... but it wasn't just any iphone. It was an iphone that has yey to be unveiled to the public and wasn't supposed to be for another few months. Soon after, pictures started spreading and the new iphone was leaked. Sucks to be the guy that left his phone in the bar...

The second article I read was called, "Lexus to Recall GX 460 S.U.V." I was assuming this would happen soon enough. Toyota is just digging themselves deeper and deeper with the amount of cars they've had to recall in the past six months. Who would even want to buy a Toyota right now? They must be doing terrible business.