Article Appearing in the City Island Current in June 2003
A little more than one week after the discovery of Max Guarino, the body of Islander Carlo Wertenbaker was spotted by a fisherman off Hart Island on May 4,2003. Carlo, Max and two other boys had been missing since Jan. 24, after reportedly setting off in a small rowboat for either Hart or High Island on a bitter cold Friday evening.
On May 4, harbor police responded to the northeast side of Hart Island after receiving a 911 call from an off-Island fisherman in the early afternoon. They retrieved the body and for the second time in ten days returned to the Fordham Street ferry dock to the waiting crowd of family,
friends and media. The medical examiner confirmed Carlo’s identity the next day. After helping the Guarino family mourn the passing of their son, Max, City Island Avenue residents Dolphi and Chris Wertenbaker now
mourned the loss of their own son.
A wake was held for Carlo on Sunday, May 11, at the Redden Funeral Home in lower Manhattan. Family members, Islanders and other friends traveled on Mother's Day to pay their respects and support the Wertenbaker family. Young musicians sat outside the funeral home playing guitars and sadly singing songs such as "Stairway to Heaven" and "Sweet Child of Mine." Carlo loved to play the guitar, and his own instruments surrounded the plain pine box that held his body. Many mourners were devastated over the loss of Carlo, but they hoped the discovery of his body after so many months could bring some comfort and sense of closure to the Wertenbaker family. The previous week, Dolphi Wertenbaker
had accompanied Max Guarino’s parents to the northeast end of City Island to reflect on the spot near the High Island
Bridge where the body of their son had been discovered. She arranged for the Guarinos to meet and talk with Islanders
who had witnessed the recovery.Even after their son was found, the Wertenbakers continued to support and assist the families of the two boys who were still missing at the time of Carlo's wake. Mrs. Wertenbaker told The Current then that she hoped the families of Henry Badillo and Andrew Melnikov would soon find peace. Within two weeks, their prayers were answered.
A little more than one week after the discovery of Max Guarino, the body of Islander Carlo Wertenbaker was spotted by a fisherman off Hart Island on May 4,2003. Carlo, Max and two other boys had been missing since Jan. 24, after reportedly setting off in a small rowboat for either Hart or High Island on a bitter cold Friday evening.
On May 4, harbor police responded to the northeast side of Hart Island after receiving a 911 call from an off-Island fisherman in the early afternoon. They retrieved the body and for the second time in ten days returned to the Fordham Street ferry dock to the waiting crowd of family,
friends and media. The medical examiner confirmed Carlo’s identity the next day. After helping the Guarino family mourn the passing of their son, Max, City Island Avenue residents Dolphi and Chris Wertenbaker now
mourned the loss of their own son.
A wake was held for Carlo on Sunday, May 11, at the Redden Funeral Home in lower Manhattan. Family members, Islanders and other friends traveled on Mother's Day to pay their respects and support the Wertenbaker family. Young musicians sat outside the funeral home playing guitars and sadly singing songs such as "Stairway to Heaven" and "Sweet Child of Mine." Carlo loved to play the guitar, and his own instruments surrounded the plain pine box that held his body. Many mourners were devastated over the loss of Carlo, but they hoped the discovery of his body after so many months could bring some comfort and sense of closure to the Wertenbaker family. The previous week, Dolphi Wertenbaker
had accompanied Max Guarino’s parents to the northeast end of City Island to reflect on the spot near the High Island
Bridge where the body of their son had been discovered. She arranged for the Guarinos to meet and talk with Islanders
who had witnessed the recovery.Even after their son was found, the Wertenbakers continued to support and assist the families of the two boys who were still missing at the time of Carlo's wake. Mrs. Wertenbaker told The Current then that she hoped the families of Henry Badillo and Andrew Melnikov would soon find peace. Within two weeks, their prayers were answered.
Article Appearing in the City Island Current in June 2003
A little more than one week after the discovery of Max Guarino, the body of Islander Carlo Wertenbaker was spotted by a fisherman off Hart Island on May 4,2003. Carlo, Max and two other boys had been missing since Jan. 24, after reportedly setting off in a small rowboat for either Hart or High Island on a bitter cold Friday evening.
On May 4, harbor police responded to the northeast side of Hart Island after receiving a 911 call from an off-Island fisherman in the early afternoon. They retrieved the body and for the second time in ten days returned to the Fordham Street ferry dock to the waiting crowd of family,
friends and media. The medical examiner confirmed Carlo’s identity the next day. After helping the Guarino family mourn the passing of their son, Max, City Island Avenue residents Dolphi and Chris Wertenbaker now
mourned the loss of their own son.
A wake was held for Carlo on Sunday, May 11, at the Redden Funeral Home in lower Manhattan. Family members, Islanders and other friends traveled on Mother's Day to pay their respects and support the Wertenbaker family. Young musicians sat outside the funeral home playing guitars and sadly singing songs such as "Stairway to Heaven" and "Sweet Child of Mine." Carlo loved to play the guitar, and his own instruments surrounded the plain pine box that held his body. Many mourners were devastated over the loss of Carlo, but they hoped the discovery of his body after so many months could bring some comfort and sense of closure to the Wertenbaker family. The previous week, Dolphi Wertenbaker
had accompanied Max Guarino’s parents to the northeast end of City Island to reflect on the spot near the High Island
Bridge where the body of their son had been discovered. She arranged for the Guarinos to meet and talk with Islanders
who had witnessed the recovery.Even after their son was found, the Wertenbakers continued to support and assist the families of the two boys who were still missing at the time of Carlo's wake. Mrs. Wertenbaker told The Current then that she hoped the families of Henry Badillo and Andrew Melnikov would soon find peace. Within two weeks, their prayers were answered.
A little more than one week after the discovery of Max Guarino, the body of Islander Carlo Wertenbaker was spotted by a fisherman off Hart Island on May 4,2003. Carlo, Max and two other boys had been missing since Jan. 24, after reportedly setting off in a small rowboat for either Hart or High Island on a bitter cold Friday evening.
On May 4, harbor police responded to the northeast side of Hart Island after receiving a 911 call from an off-Island fisherman in the early afternoon. They retrieved the body and for the second time in ten days returned to the Fordham Street ferry dock to the waiting crowd of family,
friends and media. The medical examiner confirmed Carlo’s identity the next day. After helping the Guarino family mourn the passing of their son, Max, City Island Avenue residents Dolphi and Chris Wertenbaker now
mourned the loss of their own son.
A wake was held for Carlo on Sunday, May 11, at the Redden Funeral Home in lower Manhattan. Family members, Islanders and other friends traveled on Mother's Day to pay their respects and support the Wertenbaker family. Young musicians sat outside the funeral home playing guitars and sadly singing songs such as "Stairway to Heaven" and "Sweet Child of Mine." Carlo loved to play the guitar, and his own instruments surrounded the plain pine box that held his body. Many mourners were devastated over the loss of Carlo, but they hoped the discovery of his body after so many months could bring some comfort and sense of closure to the Wertenbaker family. The previous week, Dolphi Wertenbaker
had accompanied Max Guarino’s parents to the northeast end of City Island to reflect on the spot near the High Island
Bridge where the body of their son had been discovered. She arranged for the Guarinos to meet and talk with Islanders
who had witnessed the recovery.Even after their son was found, the Wertenbakers continued to support and assist the families of the two boys who were still missing at the time of Carlo's wake. Mrs. Wertenbaker told The Current then that she hoped the families of Henry Badillo and Andrew Melnikov would soon find peace. Within two weeks, their prayers were answered.
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