Saniyya Dennis's guest appearances

Saniyya Dennis

A New Morning

Bauerle

WBEN Extras

#BLACKGIRLNEWS

Aaron Katersky

James Hereth

Tom Bauerle

Brayton Wilson

Tim Tielman

Ellie Grenauer

Ian Anderson

John Elmore

Mark Sullivan

Dave Schutte

George Maziarz

Steve Cohen

Jody LoMeo

Lauren Fix

Chris Jacobs

OwlTail

Saniyya Dennis, the New York college student who disappeared last month, died by apparent suicide, officials said Thursday. "It appears that this poor girl took her own life," Erie County District Attorney John Flynn told reporters during a morning news conference. While authorities have not located the 19-year-old's body, they were able to reach that conclusion based on a timeline of her last hours. Flynn said on the afternoon of April 24, Dennis got into an argument with her boyfriend in New York City over the phone. After trying to contact him 59 times to no avail, she called another male friend in New York City and talked about killing herself, the DA said. However, the family demanded a federal investigation by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. “Given these variables and the fact that Saniyya’s body has not been discovered, we express great concerns about the handling of this case and the suicide narrative. Mr. Flynn purposefully placed Saniyya in a negative light as though she was a depraved stalker who harassed her boyfriend for attention,” the family statement said. “These dismissive acts caused victim blaming and shaming. It is unconscionable that he presented a speculative narrative as a factual one by calling a national press conference and falsely asserting he shared his findings with the family.” Click here to watch the full video.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support

Saniyya Dennis, the New York college student who disappeared last month, died by apparent suicide, officials said Thursday. "It appears that this poor girl took her own life," Erie County District Attorney John Flynn told reporters during a morning news conference. While authorities have not located the 19-year-old's body, they were able to reach that conclusion based on a timeline of her last hours. Flynn said on the afternoon of April 24, Dennis got into an argument with her boyfriend in New York City over the phone. After trying to contact him 59 times to no avail, she called another male friend in New York City and talked about killing herself, the DA said. However, the family demanded a federal investigation by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. “Given these variables and the fact that Saniyya’s body has not been discovered, we express great concerns about the handling of this case and the suicide narrative. Mr. Flynn purposefully placed Saniyya in a negative light as though she was a depraved stalker who harassed her boyfriend for attention,” the family statement said. “These dismissive acts caused victim blaming and shaming. It is unconscionable that he presented a speculative narrative as a factual one by calling a national press conference and falsely asserting he shared his findings with the family.” <a href="https://youtu.be/wVdYrAOy7y4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to watch the full video.</a>--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/leah-gordone/support</a>

Saniyya Dennis - 19 Year Old Missing Buffalo State College student may have jumped off Niagara Falls

John Flynn

Provides very detailed timeline of investigationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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DA John Flynn - Saniyya Dennis news conference