Jaws II

Another death at Amity Beach today

Following the death by mauling of Christine W. Watson, whose body was found this morning washed up on the beach, the town of Amity has another casualty: the 10-year-old Alex B. Kintner, of 10 Mayfair Court in Amity, who was drawn into the water at 2 p.m. today at the Village Beach. 

A special meeting will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall to discuss the recent deaths in the Amity community.

Kintners’  death has remarkable similarities with Watson’s case. Both disappeared in the water, and both had mauling wounds. Watson’s body has already been found and investigated, but Kintner’s is still missing. Nonetheless, mauling wounds can be assumed. Kintner’s rubber raft has been found with a large bite out of it.

The difference between Watson’scase, who disappeared in the night after a party, and Kintner’s, was that Kintner disappeared today at 2 p.m., at a crowded and peaceful Village Beach with multiple villagers chatting, relaxing and watching over their playing children.

The remarkable accident is thought to be a “vicious and unprovoked shark attack,” as said Chief of Police Martin Brody, although he asks the press not to jump to conclusions before official data and results are published. 

Despite allegations of Nevin, the medical expert who examined Watson’s body, that her case would concern a motorboat accident, Chief of Police Martin Brody now links her case to possible shark activities in the waters surrounding Amity Island.  This investigation is still under way.

Both Chief Brody and Mayor Bob Farley expressed their condolences to the Kintner family today through a press release.

Marion Kintner, Alex’ mother, who was at the beach while her son disappeared, is still treated for shock at Amity General Hospital. Her condition seems stable. Apart from the death of Alex Kintner and the hospitalization of his mother, there were no other injuries.

The special meeting that is held today at 6 p.m. in the Town Hall will be attended by the Mayor, Chief Brody, the Board of Selectmen,  and any other interested parties. 

The meeting will concern the discussion of Chief Brody’s plan to close the beached on July 4^th, the reward of $ 3,000 that the Kintner family promised for capture of the perpetrator(s), and an offer by the old fisherman Ben Quint to hunt down the shark thought to be the vile perpetrator of this tragic incident.