Woman jumps into Niagara Falls with 2 young sons in 'intentional act': police

A female and her 2 young children are dormant aft they intentionally went complete a information obstruction and leaped into Niagara Falls connected Monday, according to New York State Police.

The evident murder-suicide unfolded astatine astir 9 p.m. erstwhile Chianti Means, 33, took her 9-year-old and 5-month-old and stepped complete nan obstruction astatine Luna Island earlier plunging into nan Niagara River. Luna Island is simply a mini land betwixt nan American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls that, on pinch nan Horseshoe Falls, dress up nan celebrated tourer draw. The land is attached to Goat Island. 

Law enforcement responded to nan segment and wished that they had each gone over. 

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Police opportunity Chianti Means, 33, took her 9-year-old and 5-month-old and stepped complete nan obstruction astatine Luna Island earlier plunging into nan Niagara River. (Chianti Means via Facebbok)

"The investigation has wished that this incident was intentional successful nature, though nan circumstances stay nether investigation," nan New York State Police said successful a news release.

Authorities are utilizing unmanned craft and underwater units to hunt for nan 3 missing persons.

Rescuers person still been incapable to find immoderate of nan bodies arsenic of Thursday, New York State Police show Fox News Digital.

Means and her kids — 9-year-old Roman Rossman and babe Mecca Means — were residents of Niagara Falls, according to nan New York Post.

New York State Trooper James O'Callaghan said location were nary different individuals progressive and it was improbable that it was an accident. 

"There's a batch of information measures astatine nan authorities parks. So it's not thing wherever they conscionable stumbled in," O'Callaghan said astatine a property briefing Wednesday. "This is simply a mini area wherever it's correct astatine nan crest of nan falls and that's wherever we judge astatine that constituent is wherever they went in."

Luna Island is unfastened 24 hours a time and it was acheronian erstwhile nan incident occurred. Niagara Falls is simply a group of 3 waterfalls spanning nan separator betwixt Canada and New York.

Tourists sojourn nan American Falls successful Niagara Falls, N.Y.  (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

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"Now what were nan existent circumstances of really that went down? That is nan portion that we whitethorn cognize aliases whitethorn beryllium capable to solve, aliases we whitethorn ne'er know. But nan truth of nan matter is, we don't judge location are immoderate different parties involved. We're conscionable talking astir those 3 victims of those 3 individuals."

O'Callaghan said that what eyewitnesses told constabulary was "alarming," though he wasn’t capable to stock what they said. 

"They decidedly went location connected that nighttime and nary of them returned. But for illustration I said, owed to nan accusation we have, we do cognize it was an intentional act. But nan logic why is tougher to answer," he said.

O'Callaghan said nan family of those deceased person been very cooperative, which has allowed constabulary to velocity up their investigation. Means was mother to some children and they had different fathers.

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Tourists sojourn nan American Falls successful Niagara Falls. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Police person besides spoken to Means’ co-workers. Means described herself arsenic a home unit counsellor connected her LinkedIn profile. 

"We don't spot immoderate indicators of [mental health issues] I conjecture that would meet nan level of that benignant of precocious accent aliases intelligence instability," O'Callaghan said.

This communicative discusses suicide. If you aliases personification you cognize is having thoughts of suicide, please interaction nan Suicide & Crisis Lifeline astatine 988 aliases 1-800-273-TALK (8255).