Authorities have identified the two individuals found dead inside the wheel well of a JetBlue plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in January.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) announced Thursday that “extensive DNA testing” confirmed the victims to be Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16.
A JetBlue spokesperson stated that the bodies were discovered on January 6th during a “routine post-flight maintenance inspection” of the aircraft. Both victims were found deceased.
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Flight radar data indicates that the plane had arrived at the airport from New York’s JFK International Airport at 11:03 p.m.
BSO confirmed that Airport District deputies responded to the scene at approximately 11:30 p.m., and paramedics pronounced the victims dead at the scene.
The cause of death for the two teens has not yet been released, but BSO confirmed that autopsies were conducted.
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