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    Jay Ott (31) was found dead in the Upper New York Bay more than six weeks after he went missing

    http://mydeathspace.com/article/2014...e_went_missing

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5036032.html


    The NYPD is searching for a Brooklyn fashion designer who disappeared over the weekend.

    31-year-old James "Jay" Ott was last seen on Saturday walking into the McKibben Lofts in Bushwick where he lives. Ott is 6-foot-2 and about 180 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He was last seen wearing "a black sweatshirt, gray pants, yellow scarf, blue knit cap, white sneakers and glasses," according to The New York Post.Police tell the Daily News that Ott suffers from anxiety, but that it's unclear if his condition has anything to do him going missing.

    ?He was in a good place last time we talked Saturday morning,? Liz Ricketts told The Post of her friend, whom she met in college. ?It?s strange for him to not reach out when he is struggling with something. Its not like him.?

    Friends were especially worried on Monday when Ott didn't show up to work.

    "He did not come into work on Monday, which is not very typical of him," Beatrice Kim, who works with Ott at the fashion investment firm The Dock Group, told Gothamist. "That's when we all started to get worried. When we all started talking to one another, that's when we realized no one had heard from him since Saturday evening, which is not usual at all."

    Ott, originally from Pittsburgh, studied fashion at the University of Cincinnati.

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    https://www.facebook.com/letsfindjayott Missing Jay Ott facebook
    He worked for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsens The Row and other fashion designers. The Olsen twins are joining the search in finding him.

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    I would have never guessed fashion designer looking at his pic.

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    More than a week after James "Jay" Ott went missing, friends and family members are still working hard to find the fashion designer, who was last seen in person on March 22.

    There currently are a number of conflicting reports regarding when exactly Ott went missing. According to the NYPD, surveillance footage shows that the 31-year-old was last seen at 9:50 p.m in his apartment building, which is located in the McKibbin Lofts at 248 McKibbin Street in Brooklyn. WWD reported that Ott's friend Beatrice Kim said additional video footage showed him twice before dawn on March 23. In other videos, Ott can be seen leaving his apartment building at 4:35 a.m., and a camera outside of a bodega near McKibbin Lofts shows Ott walking by at about 4:51 a.m., heading toward Manhattan.

    In addition to the 15-person search team, Ott's friends have also posted missing person fliers throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. Ott is described as a Caucasian male with blue eyes, brown hair, a beard and a 175-pound thin build. According to the New York Post, Ott was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, gray pants, a yellow scarf, a blue knit cap, white sneakers and his glasses.

    On Wednesday, Ott's family released a statement through a spokeswoman for The Dock Group, which is Ott's current employer.

    "Jay's family and friends are extremely concerned and anxious to receive any word regarding Jay's health and safety. His health and safety are our primary concern. If he is seeking help and confidentiality is a concern, we understand, but we would love to hear that he is safe."

    The Dock Group's chief executive officer Matt Walker also spoke out about Ott's disappearance on Wednesday.

    "Our love and support are with Jay's family and friends at this difficult time. We are working with the authorities and doing everything possible to help locate him. We are asking if anyone has any information to please call 718-963-5368 for the 90th Police Precinct in Brooklyn," he said.

    http://www.fashiontimes.com/articles...gner-james.htm
    Ott's family asked anyone who has information about him to call the 90th Precinct or the "Friends of Jay" number at 718-710-7919. Individuals with information can also can email findjayott@gmail.com.

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    I don't want to be a pessimist but this doesn't sound like it's going to end well.

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    The search continues for Jay Ott, the 31-year-old Bushwick fashion designer who has been missing since March 23rd. And though new surveillance video offers some evidence as to his whereabouts on the night he disappeared, friends say they're still desperately hunting for him in hospitals and rehab centers in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

    Police say that Ott, who has not been heard from since the night of March 22nd, was spotted on surveillance video several times in the early hours of March 23rd. According to the Find Jay Ott Facebook page, a camera caught the Pittsburgh native leaving his apartment at the McKibbin Lofts at about 4:35 a.m. and another camera outside of a bodega about a mile away spotted him walking towards Manhattan around 4:51 a.m.

    And on Sunday, the NYPD found footage of Ott getting onto the Williamsburg bridge at around 5 a.m. on the morning of the 23rd. "We are continuing our search for more information by checking more surveillance footage from the Delancey Street area and physically visiting hospitals and rehab centers," Beatrice Kim, who works with Ott at fashion investment firm The Dock Group, told us.

    Ott's father has flown in from Pittsburgh to help search for his son. "Jay's family and friends are extremely concerned and anxious to receive any word regarding Jay's health and safety," Ott's family said in a statement released through his employer. "His health and safety are our primary concern. If he is seeking help and confidentiality is a concern, we understand, but we would love to hear that he is safe."

    Ott is described as 6'2", 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Surveillance video shows him wearing a bright blue cap, a denim jacket, loose-fitting light-colored pants, and dark shoes. Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Thomas Pisano at the 90 Precinct Detective Squad, (718) 963-5368, or email findjayott@gmail.com.

    http://gothamist.com/2014/04/01/bush...issing_las.php

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    ^^ the Williamsburg bridge ^^


    ruh-roh...

    http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/04/sear...continues.html
    Ott was last seen at dinner with friends on Saturday and was later seen at his apartment in Bushwick's McKibbin lofts around 9:50 p.m. Video footage pieced together shows him leaving his apartment at 4:35 a.m. wearing a blue cap, glasses, and light pants and reappearing at a bodega around 4:51 a.m. The most recent footage revealed a clean-shaven Ott entering the pedestrian pathway of the Williamsburg Bridge at 5:02 a.m. His father explains that while the NYPD acquired footage of two men exiting the bridge on the Manhattan side, the video is too dark to tell which one is Jay Ott.



    doesn't seem like a leisurely stroll-he would have been walking pretty briskly to get to the bridge in just under 30 min.

    not looking good.
    Last edited by *crickets*; 04-02-2014 at 05:18 PM.

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    Fashion world? No happy ending here.
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    To be fair, everyone walks briskly in New York at 4:30 in the morning during the winter/spring when it's about 30 degrees out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olivia View Post
    The search continues for Jay Ott, the 31-year-old Bushwick fashion designer who has been missing since March 23rd. And though new surveillance video offers some evidence as to his whereabouts on the night he disappeared, friends say they're still desperately hunting for him in hospitals and rehab centers in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

    Police say that Ott, who has not been heard from since the night of March 22nd, was spotted on surveillance video several times in the early hours of March 23rd. According to the Find Jay Ott Facebook page, a camera caught the Pittsburgh native leaving his apartment at the McKibbin Lofts at about 4:35 a.m. and another camera outside of a bodega about a mile away spotted him walking towards Manhattan around 4:51 a.m.

    And on Sunday, the NYPD found footage of Ott getting onto the Williamsburg bridge at around 5 a.m. on the morning of the 23rd. "We are continuing our search for more information by checking more surveillance footage from the Delancey Street area and physically visiting hospitals and rehab centers," Beatrice Kim, who works with Ott at fashion investment firm The Dock Group, told us.

    Ott's father has flown in from Pittsburgh to help search for his son. "Jay's family and friends are extremely concerned and anxious to receive any word regarding Jay's health and safety," Ott's family said in a statement released through his employer. "His health and safety are our primary concern. If he is seeking help and confidentiality is a concern, we understand, but we would love to hear that he is safe."

    Ott is described as 6'2", 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Surveillance video shows him wearing a bright blue cap, a denim jacket, loose-fitting light-colored pants, and dark shoes. Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Thomas Pisano at the 90 Precinct Detective Squad, (718) 963-5368, or email findjayott@gmail.com.

    http://gothamist.com/2014/04/01/bush...issing_las.php
    Seeking help? Did he have a problem with drugs or maybe some sort of mental health issue?


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    Quote Originally Posted by bowieluva View Post
    To be fair, everyone walks briskly in New York at 4:30 in the morning during the winter/spring when it's about 30 degrees out.
    True- I should have said 'purposefully.' He knew where he was going (the bridge) and didn't waste any time getting there, as opposed to randomly walking around.


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    Seeking help? Did he have a problem with drugs or maybe some sort of mental health issue?
    His father has said he has a hx of alcoholism- no drug use.

    The FB page hasn't been updated in days. People keep asking if there is any news, and there is nothing.

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    The FB page hasn't been updated in days. People keep asking if there is any news, and there is nothing.
    I wish this mystery would be solved and soon, preferably with Jay alive and well.

    Didn't LE say there was video of Jay on the other side of the Williamsburg bridge, showing he walked safely off the bridge?

    I know rehabs and the like promise anonymity but if this was the situation wouldn't the search be called off if he was in a hospital?

    So many questions.....

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    From the FB on 23 April -

    "Unfortunately, Jay has not been found. There have been no significant new details/information to report since the New York Times published their article at the beginning of April. Jay has ben missing over a month now. He remains missing and his family and friends appreciate everyone's support."

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    One strange thing is that he shaved off his beard (that he had worn for years) before going out that night/early a.m. The surveillance video of him at 4:30 a.m. shows him clean-shaven:



    Also I ran across a mugshot of a James Ott from 2011 (James is his given name, Jay is what everyone calls him)-

    (mugshot on left, Jay on right) Do you think it's him? The arrest was for failing to register as a sex offender in SF.
    Last edited by *crickets*; 05-10-2014 at 01:24 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by *crickets* View Post
    One strange thing is that he shaved off his beard (that he had worn for years) before going out that night/early a.m. The surveillance video of him at 4:30 a.m. shows him clean-shaven:



    Also I ran across a mugshot of a James Ott from 2011 (James is his given name, Jay is what everyone calls him)-

    (mugshot on left, Jay on right) Do you think it's him? The arrest was for failing to register as a sex offender in SF.
    I don't think it's the same guy. Mugshot guy's ears look longer and their hairline looks a little different. The nose looks the same, though. The dude on the left reminds me of Toby from The Office.
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    not same cat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by animosity View Post
    not same cat.
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    Just as I suspected. A ring of elderly pedophiles.
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    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A fashion designer has been found dead in the water near the Brooklyn Army Terminal, more than six weeks after he was last seen leaving his Bushwick apartment.
    The body of James Ott, 31, who also went by the name of Jay Ott, was found at 11:10 a.m. Thursday in Upper New York Bay, near Second Avenue and 58th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, police said.
    Ott was pronounced dead after being removed from the water, police said. The New York City Medical Examiner’s office will determine the cause of his death.

    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/...ed-from-water/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olivia View Post
    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ? A fashion designer has been found dead in the water near the Brooklyn Army Terminal, more than six weeks after he was last seen leaving his Bushwick apartment.
    The body of James Ott, 31, who also went by the name of Jay Ott, was found at 11:10 a.m. Thursday in Upper New York Bay, near Second Avenue and 58th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, police said.
    Ott was pronounced dead after being removed from the water, police said. The New York City Medical Examiner?s office will determine the cause of his death.

    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/...ed-from-water/
    Damn it.
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    https://m.facebook.com/letsfindjayott?_rdr

    Find Jay Ott 13 minutes ago ?

    A message from Bob and Tess Ott, Jay's parents:

    We just found out today that Jay has died. The police notified us that Jay's body was discovered in the East River. The only thing we know was that foul play was not involved and that he did not jump from the bridge.

    We look forward to speaking with you, but now the shock is very real with just receiving word late today. You have all been such great friends of Jay and now of Tess and myself. Words cannot express the feelings that Tess and I have for each of you. We love you all and thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We are sorry for your loss as well and will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers.

    We will share additional information as it becomes available.

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    Hmmmm. Comment from the article - Keep picking up homeless men to molest and you'll keep winding up a dead F A G

    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/...ed-from-water/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olivia View Post
    Hmmmm. Comment from the article - Keep picking up homeless men to molest and you'll keep winding up a

    dead F A G

    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/...ed-from-water/
    Wow. That seems more troll-y than someone who knows something. Maybe if they'd left off the F A G at the end.
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    Just as I suspected. A ring of elderly pedophiles.
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    Yeah that seems trollll to me.

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    This sucks.

    Godspeed, Jay

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    http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news...wned/11271719/

    A former University of Cincinnati fashion design student whose body was found last month after he went missing in March drowned, officials say.

    James Ott, 31, had been missing since March 22, according to the New York Police Department. His body was found May 8 in the water near 2nd Avenue and 58th Street in New York City, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

    An official from the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Ott's official cause of death as drowning, but the manner of death remains undetermined.

    The investigation is ongoing.

    Ott, whom friends called Jay, received his Bachelor's degree in fashion apparel and design from UC, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, and attended UC from 2001 through 2006.

    He was a designer and senior designer at The Row, LLC, in New York City from 2008 through 2012, and also served as a visiting professor at UC from 2010 through 2012.

    Ott was a senior designer at J. Mendel for six months in 2013, and was working as design director at The Dock Group when he went missing in March.

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