"She had been severely mauled by an attacker of unknown origin,"said Amity Police Chief, Martin Brody. "Her body has been transported to the coroner's office for autopsy." No charges have been filed in the case, and a shark attack has yet to be ruled out.
Christopher P. Hoggenbottam III, a sophomore at Trinity college and former resident of the island, reported her disappearance to the police at about 6:00 a.m. when Watson hadn't returned from swimming in a remote section of South Beach last night. Brody said that while they're not ruling anything out, he does not believe Heggenbottam was involved with her death.
Watson was last seen alive leaving a beach party with Hoggenbottam around 11:00 p.m. Police investigators were alerted by witnesses from the party that both of them had been drinking heavily, were likely intoxicated, and were possibly under the influence of marijuana.
Chrissie Watson, a senior at Amity High School, was a seasoned swimmer. She was a member of her school's varsity swim team and a lifeguard at the Amity Island YMCA in Oak Bluffs. The sea was calm at that time.
Brody said he assures all resident and visitors that they are in no danger so the beached will remain open. He said, "Because the likelihood that it was a shark attack is so, so slim, we don't want to just feel like alarming people if we were to say that they weren't allowed to go in the water."
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