NOW: DA John Flynn:
4/24: noon: #SaniyyaDennis gets into argument with boyfriend who lives in NYC area - ruled out as suspect - calling/texting one another - and the end of convo- he breaks up with her.

1236 pm: saniyya calls friend about break up

She calls boyfriend 59 times there after. Texts continue- no actual conversation

Texts to bf : I’m not feeling good- I think I’m going to kill myself- no response - she says ‘I’m so done with my own life I’ve had enough”

215/227 pm- 7 more calls to ex bf
239 pm - 559pm- Saniyya talks to male friend in NYC area - she talks about suicide according to DA

She recently had some mental health issues, says DA

Male friend tells NYPD, he thought he had talked her out of suicide.

They have phone call until 1007 pm for four hours... though at some point they get off phone (still live) but playing xbox

What happened between 1007&1102 is unclear

1102- seen on cam in elevator
1103- seen exiting dorm

1104 pm- walks to garbage can and throws away personal items in garbage can. She throws away things that would lead someone to believe she was not returning to dorm

1112 pm- swipes bus card into NFTA bus 32 at bus stop on campus going toward Black Rock

She was sitting alone on bus- exits alone.
1140- swipes into NFTA bus 40 going to Niagara Falls

Enters, exits alone - exits at first and rainbow in Niagara Falls

1207- exits bus
1210 am- texts mother- says I love you- I’ll call tomorrow
1215 - texts make friend- “glad we talked”
Minutes later - NF park cams show she’s walking toward Goat Island

1217- picked up on camera in park
1218- text from friend
1219- Saniyya last seen on bridge

Call for 45 minutes at that time- from Male Friend in NYC- she told him she was going to jump off bridge... though she told him she had reconsidered.

She ended phone call.
100am- 4/25- Saniyya standing by Tesla monument- takes Snapchat of falls

105 am- Sends text to male friend - he asks for location- she doesn’t respond

Phone pinged at Tesla monument

She sends text to male friend she’s on bus. Not true.

122 am- text to friend- last outgoing message from phone

123 am is when cell phone leaves cell network- either powered off or destroyed- phone has not powered back on since

145-227 am- friends tried to call her with no luck

Male friend did not tell anyone about any of this initially. Same is true for ex boyfriend

Sunday- family cannot get ahold of Saniyya.
Monday- family calls Buffalo State.

Investigation started 4/26
Contacted NYS Park Police after determining she may have been on Goat Island

DA: Buff state contacted DA on 4/28 asking for help

Wanted aerial surveillance but weather stopped that until sat 5/1

2 choppers up with one drone

They’ve been up and running 4-5x/day since and will continue to run until she’s found

Every business around park area have been asked for tape and none is available

4/30: k9 teams deployed to goat island.

3 dogs total - given clothing from dorm room

Dogs picked up on scent - tracking Saniyya to Luna Island area

Dogs went over railing in the area to walk onto grassy area in the water. Dogs “want to jump in the water” says DA

More searches last Saturday - have gone on for days now on land and water.

FBI interviewed boyfriend
NYPD interviewed male friend

Metal detectors used in park to find any evidence for exhaustive search.

It appears Saniyya took her own life per DA

“I can’t definitively say that at all. All I can do is present you with what I have”

Parents found out yesterday afternoon.

Area down below- under Luna Island- is full of rocks. There is a possibility we may never find body says DA- “she may be caught in jagged rocks.”

“I feel awful for parents” says DA

Chief Carey from UPD says Buffalo State is heartbroken

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