Goldman Sachs’ CEO has released a statement addressing the death of one of the firm’s employees hours after the body of the 27-year-old senior analyst was pulled from a Brooklyn creek.
David Solomon spoke out about the death of John Castic on Tuesday, describing him as ‘dedicated’ and ‘driven’ and remarking that he was ‘shocked’ by his sudden passing.
A senior analyst with the firm for a year, Castic disappeared Sunday when he was last seen at roughly 3am outside a Zeds Deas concert he’d attended at the Brooklyn Mirage Night Club venue in Bushwick, police told DailyMail.com.
His roommates became worried after he failed to return to their Lower Manhattan apartment the next day, leading to a frantic search across the city. Less than a day later, Castic’s body was discovered floating in a creek about a half mile from Mirage – the second body found in the same body of water in just over a month.
Several hours after Castic’s body was found, the analyst’s old boss issued a statement to pay his respects.
Goldman Sachs’ CEO has released a statement addressing the death of one of the firm’s employees over the weekend – hours after the body of the 27-year-old analyst was pulled from a Brooklyn creek and positively identified
A senior analyst with the firm for a year, John Castic disappeared Sunday – last seen at roughly 3am July 29 outside a concert he’d attended at the Brooklyn Mirage Night Club. A search ensued, culminating in cops unsettling discovery of his corpse Tuesday morning
‘We are all shocked and saddened to learn of John’s tragic passing,’ the 61-year-old CEO and former chief operating officer wrote of Castic.
‘John was a dedicated, driven member of our Controllers team working closely with our Asset and Wealth Management business.
‘Our thoughts are with his mother Dawn, his father Jeff, and his entire family at this very difficult time.
‘John will be deeply missed by his Goldman Sachs family,’ Solomon concluded.
Hours earlier, the sprawling search for the young finance worker – who graduated DePaul University in 2020 – took a sad turn when his body was found floating in Newtown Creek by NYPD officers around 11am.
Police were reportedly first on the scene at around 11:30am, and deployed a small raft to retrieve the body just before 1pm.
Officers at that point pulled the Goldman worker’s body out of the water, and emergency medical personnel immediately declared him dead, the department said.
In a statement to DailyMail.com, a rep for the city’s police force further described the retrieval operation – the second involving a corpse belonging to a person who had recently attended the Mirage in a matter of weeks.
A heavy police presence was seen in Newtown Creek, near the Brooklyn Mirage, Tuesday morning
Several large NYPD vessels and rigid inflatable speedboats were seen in the water shortly after the body was found
Police confirmed the body was Castic several hours after it was found midday Tuesday
‘On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at approximately 1109 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an aided individual in the Newtown Creek located in the vicinity of 1100 Grand Street, within the confines of the 90 Precinct,’ the NYPD spokesperson recalled.
‘Upon arrival, officers observed an unidentified and unconscious male floating in the water. NYPD Harbor units removed the aided male from the water.
‘EMS also responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased on scene.’
At that point, officers were able to identify the body – which cops said sported no injuries and is now being analyzed by the the city’s Medical Examiner.
‘The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death,’ cops told DailyMail.com of a planned autopsy.
Castic’s father, Jeffrey Castic, has since told the Daily News in a phone call that his family is ‘still processing’ the discovery – which comes a month and a half after the body of Carl Clemente, 27, was found floating in the creek, five days after he and his friends had attempted to get into the club.
In both cases, a passerby spotted the body, with one scoping out Castic’s floating in a section of the body of water called English Kills at 11:09 am before calling police.
In the case of Clemente, who witnesses said was heavily intoxicated the night he disappeared, officers have theorized staffer may have been barred from entering the club, police sources told The News – though It was not immediately clear how he died.
Castic was last seen at around 3am Sunday, and cops confirmed Tuesday that his body had been discovered
Castic was born in Chicago and studied at DePaul University before moving to New York City to work in finance
The Chicago-born financier’s body was found around half a mile from where he was last seen
As of Tuesday, neither death is being investigated as a murder, but both are still being probed following officers’ most recent find this morning.
Roughly two years after graduating, began working as a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs in August 2022.
He and his friends had been to see Canadian electronic duo the night he vanished, with the final photo of him shared to social media showing him arriving at the Brooklyn Mirage at around 9pm Saturday.
His friends say he left the venue at 2:30am, and that he told them he was planning to get an Uber ride back to his apartment in the Lower East Side of Manhattan
His final photo, shared by a friend, shows him arriving at their front door at 9pm, before heading to the gig on the edge of Brooklyn’s neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Bushwick.
One person on Reddit claimed that there had been crowds of unlicensed cab drivers hovering around the area, and speculated Castic could have got in one of their vehicles to try and get home.
Police initially refused to raise the alarm, they said, because he did not have any known mental health issues, but by Monday evening had assigned a detective to the case.
Karl Clemente was last seen at Brooklyn Mirage on June 11, and his body found in a nearby creek on June 16. Police do not believe his death to be suspicious, but are investigating
Castic had been to the Brooklyn Mirage on Saturday night to see a Canadian electronica duo
The venue is in the Williamsburg-Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn
On Tuesday a group of his friends plan on meeting outside the club and scouring the area.
‘One of my best friends, John Castic, went missing after the Zeds Dead show Friday night in NY,’ ara Kostecka, wrote Monday on Facebook.
‘Any information would be greatly appreciated, as well as sharing this to anyone in NYC that might have seen him.’
Kostecka told Fox News Digital she has known Castic for seven years and that he has never been unreachable.
Another friend, Jonah Shales, added that Castic’s phone died and has not been on since.
‘We’re absolutely very worried about him,’ Shales said. ‘No one has had any contact with him.’
Separate investigations into both deaths are still ongoing.
