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‘I’m so done with my own life I’ve had enough’ – Missing upstate NY student, 19, is feared to have jumped to her death from Niagara Falls after ‘texting ex-boyfriend 66 times and he ignored her,’ after they broke up

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4646"><strong>Authorities believe missing college student&comma; 19&comma; is feared to have jumped to her death from Niagara Falls <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4646"><strong><strong>Saniyya Dennis&comma; vanished on April 25&comma; <&sol;strong>after texting boyfriend saying &&num;8216&semi;I think I&&num;8217&semi;m going to kill myself&&num;8217&semi; when he ignored her 66 calls<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4646"><strong>They had just broken up&comma; he ignored her efforts to make contact<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4646"><strong>Police say Dennis&comma; a Buffalo State College sophomore who went missing in late April&comma; may have died by suicide as &&num;8216&semi;It appears that this poor girl took her own life&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4646"><strong>Dennis took a bus ride to Goat Island where the famous falls sit&comma; and had a 45 minute phone chat with a friend sharing her plans to jump off <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4646"><strong>Police say fear her remains may never be found because the body may be lying on jagged rocks 17 feet below<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Saniyya-Dennis-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Saniyya-Dennis-5&period;jpg" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"655"&sol;><figcaption>&OpenCurlyQuote;<strong>I’m so done with my own life I’ve had enough&period;&&num;8217&semi; &colon; Saniyya Dennis&&num;8217&semi;s April 24 disappearance is feared to have ended in her jumping to her death from Niagara Falls&comma; investigators said Thursday after she was dumped by her boyfriend<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A missing college student from Pennsylvania&comma; who has been missing for a month&comma; threw herself off Niagara Falls after she was dumped by her boyfriend&comma; authorities believe&period; <br>19-year-old Saniyya Dennis&&num;8217&semi;s likely fate was announced by Erie County DA John Flynn on Thursday&comma; a fortnight after she left her dorm upstate New York at Buffalo State College&comma; on April 24&period;<br>Flynn told a press conference&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It appears that this poor girl took her own life&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>He explained that investigators had come to their conclusion by piecing together her final hours&comma; including texts and calls with friends&comma; surveillance camera footage&comma; and pings from her cellphone to nearby towers&period; <br>Investigators were able to place her at Goat Island&comma; a small island in the Niagara River&comma; in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls&comma; at around 1&period;30am on April 25&period;   <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Saniyya-Dennis-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378518" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"1404"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Possible suicide&colon; Police have concluded that 19-year-old Saniyya Dennis &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; who went missing on April 24&comma; died by suicide &period; She had just broken up with her boyfriend and had told a friend that she was feeling suicidal shortly before she vanished on April 25 <&sol;strong>  <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A K9 search last Friday in the area tracked Dennis to Luna Island&comma; which is located between the American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls waterfalls&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>Flynn said the dogs wanted to jump over the edge of a railing and into the raging waters to follow her scent&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Although Dennis&&num;8217&semi; body has not been located&comma; Flynn said investigations have concluded she took her own life&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;My office and our partners in law enforcement have found no evidence of any criminality in this case&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told reporters Thursday&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;All evidence indicates that Saniyya ended her own life&comma; but the investigation into her disappearance will not be closed until she is found&comma;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;Flynn said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Saniyya-Dennis-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378519" width&equals;"831" height&equals;"824"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Saniyya Dennis &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; reportedly&comma; tried calling her boyfriend 66 times on the evening of her death&comma; threatened to kill herself&comma; and shared plans to take her own life during a 45 minute call with a friend&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Police search of Dennis&&num;8217&semi; digital records&comma; which showed that in the last few hours of her life she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend&period;<br>That led to a break up and confided in a friend that she was suicidal&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Flynn said that starting shortly after noon Dennis called a friend about a break up and after that called her ex-boyfriend 59 times&period;<br>He did not pick up&comma; she continued to text her ex-boyfriend&comma; including a text that said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I’m not feeling good- I think I’m going to kill myself&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>After getting no response she added&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;I’m so done with my own life I’ve had enough&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Saniyya-Dennis-11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378553"&sol;><figcaption><strong>At 11 pm on the night of her disappearance Saniyya Dennis &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; is seen on surveillance footage exiting her dorm before she walks to garbage can and disposes of some personal items&period; Her digital records that evening reveals that she sent a final text to a friend shortly after her phone pinged close to the edge of Niagara Falls <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At 11 pm on the night of her disappearance Saniyya Dennis is seen on surveillance footage exiting her dorm before she walks to garbage can and throws away personal items in garbage can&period; <br>A graphic of her final movements on the evening of her disappearance shows that she sent a final text to a friend shortly after her phone pinged her close to the edge of Niagara Falls&period;<br>Dennis went on to call her ex-boyfriend seven more times&comma; totaling 66 calls in just a few hours&comma; and later in the afternoon she talked to a male friend in New York City&comma; feeling about suicide&period;<br>The two the digital combing revealed&comma; would go on to have a four hour conversation that lasted until 10 pm&period; <br>The male friend would later tell NYPD that he thought he had been able to talk Dennis out of taking her own life&period;<br>An hour later at 11 pm Dennis was seen on surveillance footage exiting her dorm before walking to a garbage can and throwing away personal items in garbage can&period;<br>Flynn says the items thrown away led investigators to believe that Dennis had already decided not to return to her room&period; <br>Dennis then took several bus rides alone heading towards Niagara Falls&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Buffalo-State-College-1-1024x575&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378542"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Saniyya Dennis was a sophomore at Buffalo State College&comma; in unstate NY&period; Cops said she was feeling suicidal after a breakup with her boyfriend on the day she vanished<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Saniyya-Dennis-family&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378529" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"444"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The family of 19-year-old Saniyya Dennis &lbrack;photo&rsqb;  launched an extensive search for the college sophomore after she was last seen on April 24<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When she arrived she text her mother &&num;8216&semi;I love you- I’ll call tomorrow&&num;8217&semi; followed by a text to her friend that read &&num;8216&semi;glad we talked&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Surveillance footage then showed her walking towards Goat Island&period; <br>At 12&colon;19 am Dennis was last seen on a bridge&period;<br>She went on to have a 45 minute conversation on the phone with a male friend from NYC &&num;8211&semi; believed to be the same pal she had spoken to earlier- telling him that she had planned to jump off the bridge&comma; before reconsidering&period; <br>At 1 am the following day she was standing by Tesla monument and shared a Snapchat post showing the famous falls&period; Her phone pinged a nearby tower at 1&colon;05am &&num;8211&semi; confirming her location&period; <br>At 1&colon;22 am Dennis sent a final text to her friend&comma; saying she was back on the bus&period; <br>A minute later her phone left the cell phone network&comma; either because it had been switched off or destroyed&period; <br>Investigators who believe Dennis threw herself to her death from the famous 167 feet tall Niagara Falls&comma; have warned that her body may never be found&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Niagara-Falls-1-1024x437&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378532"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Investigators who believe Dennis threw herself to her death from the famous 167 feet tall Niagara Falls&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; have warned that her body may never be found <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;John-Flynn-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378525" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"635"&sol;><figcaption><strong> &&num;8216&semi;It appears this poor girl took her own life&&num;8217&semi;&colon; Erie County DA John Flynn &lbrack;photo&rsqb; on Thursday announced at a news conference that Dennis is probably dead from suicide <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Flynn said that Dennis&&num;8217&semi;s male friend and ex boyfriend did not initially tell anyone of her text and phone activity that day&period; <br>Volunteers&comma; friends and family launched an extensive search operation to help find Dennis after she was declared missing&period;  <br>At the time Dennis&&num;8217&semi; father&comma; Calvin Bryd&comma; criticized police for not moving fast enough with the investigation&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Why does it take so long to get subpoenas to cellphone records&quest; Why does it take so long to get video footage of buses&quest; If this was somebody else&&num;8217&semi;s kid&comma; I think it wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have happened like this&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Byrd said&period;  <br>Dennis&&num;8217&semi; parents were informed of investigators findings on Wednesday&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I feel awful for parent&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Flynn said&period;&comma; while stating that it is possible that the missing young woman&&num;8217&semi;s body may never be recovered because &lbrack;authorities&rsqb; believe her body fell into an area below Luna Island that is full of jagged rocks that her body could be caught in between <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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