{"id":243692,"date":"2021-05-06T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/missing-buffalo-state-college-student-presumed-dead-da\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T18:24:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:24:59","slug":"missing-buffalo-state-college-student-presumed-dead-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/missing-buffalo-state-college-student-presumed-dead-da\/","title":{"rendered":"#Missing Buffalo State College student presumed dead: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Missing Buffalo State College student presumed dead: DA<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Bronx-born Buffalo State College student who has been missing since last month is believed to have taken her own life at Niagara Falls following an argument with her boyfriend, authorities said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen-year-old sophomore honors student Saniyya Dennis was last seen leaving her college dorm on April 24. <\/p>\n<p>The teen had an argument with her boyfriend that day that led to him breaking up with her, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ErieCountyDistrictAttorney\/videos\/943811013036155\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" alt=\"Saniyya Dennis\" class=\"wp-image-18168971 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Saniyya Dennis was last seen leaving her college dorm on April 24.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Family Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dennis called her boyfriend, who was in New York City at the time, 59 times in the next several hours, but he didn\u2019t pick up. <\/p>\n<p>She then sent a text telling him she planned to kill herself, Flynn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so done with my own life, and living it,\u201d the text read, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/local-news\/buffalo\/erie-county-da-police-to-provide-update-on-missing-buff-state-student\/\">according to WIVB<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve finally had enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flynn said Dennis was \u201ctroubled by the breakup\u201d and later contacted another male friend in New York City, also telling him she had planned to commit suicide. <\/p>\n<p>The teen spent hours on the phone with Dennis and \u201ctalked her down\u201d from her plan at one point, but she <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently followed through on her threat after hopping on a bus to the Niagara Falls Visitor Center.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis texted her mother at Niagara Falls, telling her she would call her the next day, but also sent a message to a friend indicating she wouldn\u2019t see him this coming summer, Flynn said.<\/p>\n<p>Bloodhounds later picked up the teen\u2019s scent during an April 30 search on and around Goat Island, Flynn said, where she was seen on video early April 25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Saniyya Dennis\" class=\"wp-image-18168591 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><figcaption>Saniyya Dennis sent her boyfriend a text that said she planned to kill herself after he broke up with her.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Family Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt appeared that this poor girl took her own life,\u201d Flynn said, adding that her body had not been recovered as of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome are going to say without a body, do you definitively know that she took her own life?\u201d Flynn continued. \u201cNo \u2026 all I can do is present you everything I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-nypost-medium-post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" alt=\"Saniyya Dennis\" class=\"wp-image-18168984 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Saniyya-Dennis-missing-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Police believe that Saniyya Dennis took her own life.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SUNY Buffalo State College<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Flynn said he provided details of the investigation to Dennis\u2019 parents Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel awful for the parents,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel awful that I don\u2019t have a conclusion, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flynn said investigators will not \u201cdefinitively know\u201d what happened to Dennis until her body is found and an autopsy is conducted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a possibility \u2026 that we may never find a body,\u201d Flynn said, adding that Dennis may gotten caught in the \u201cjagged rocks\u201d near Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n<p>The teen\u2019s parents, meanwhile, had demanded answers last week on why more wasn\u2019t being done to find the missing mechanical engineering major, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/family-of-missing-buffalo-state-student-demanding-more-answers\/article_98403f22-a9f7-11eb-92ba-e3fe1b77ad50.html\">the Buffalo News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her cellphone last pinged on April 25 at 1:23 a.m. in the area of Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy does it take so long to get subpoenas to cellphone records?\u201d said Dennis\u2019 father, Calvin Byrd. \u201cWhy does it take so long to get video footage of buses?\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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