Relatives and friends of a North Carolina teenager are struggling to understand how his battered body came to be found in an upscale neighborhood in a Boston suburb, as authorities considered the possibility that he was a stowaway who fell from an airplane.
The remains of Delvonte Tisdale, a 16-year-old high school sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., were found last week on the street in Milton, Mass., according to media reports. Several siblings reportedly said Tisdale may have tried to leave home, but his father said his son was happy.
Massachusetts authorities said an investigation is under way and all possibilities are being explored. A spokesman for Boston's Logan International Airport, Phil Orlandella, said investigators have asked for flight data and were looking into a "remote" possibility that the boy fell from the landing gear well of a plane, The Associated Press said
Tisdale suffered "massive trauma," AP reported. His body was so badly damaged that the autopsy couldn't determine how he died, the Observer said.
Tisdale was a sophomore at North Mecklenburg High School and a member of the Air Force Junior ROTC. He had lived in Baltimore until he was 13, then Greensboro, N.C., and moved to Charlotte three months ago.
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