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Juan Ramon Perez

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Juan Ramon Perez

Birth
Death
19 May 1987 (aged 10–11)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
Rosedale, WIN8T-8-34 /DDIS
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Son of Fidel Perez (died March 1987) & Carmen Perez

He was tragically mauled to death by two polar bears after he and two of his friends illegally sneaked into Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn during closing-hours to go skinny-dipping in the exhibit's moat. The NYPD took action by shooting both the bears dead in order to retrieve the young boy.

According to several newspapers at the time, it was rumored that then-multi-billionaire Donald Trump reached out to his family and paid for his funeral services at full.

Buried May 26th, 1987.
Son of Fidel Perez (died March 1987) & Carmen Perez

He was tragically mauled to death by two polar bears after he and two of his friends illegally sneaked into Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn during closing-hours to go skinny-dipping in the exhibit's moat. The NYPD took action by shooting both the bears dead in order to retrieve the young boy.

According to several newspapers at the time, it was rumored that then-multi-billionaire Donald Trump reached out to his family and paid for his funeral services at full.

Buried May 26th, 1987.

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