Three teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly stole a swan prized by its community in upstate New York before killing and eating the beloved bird over the Memorial Day weekend, officials said.
Police in Manlius, a southeast suburb of Syracuse, first sounded the alarm earlier this week after Faye, one of the village’s most iconic residents, and four of her baby swans, known as cygnets, were reported missing after a Memorial Day parade.
“Unfortunately, the investigation led to the discovery that Faye … had been killed over the weekend,” the Town of Malnius Police Department said in an update Tuesday.