Fresh horror for relatives of woman who killed herself and children by jumping from Niagara Falls

The bodies of a mother who killed herself and her two children by jumping off Niagara Falls may never be recovered.

Chianti Means, 33, stepped over the Luna Island guardrail Monday night with her two children Roman, 9, and Mecca, four months.

Police said Wednesday that after thoroughly sweeping the area for several days, search and rescue efforts were futile. DailyMail.com has contacted the police for further comment.

Based on past events, it is entirely likely that her family will never be reunited with the bodies of their loved ones.

Many of those who have jumped to their deaths in Niagara Falls or fallen in by accident have never been recovered from the bottom of the falls, over which 3,610 tons of water rage every second.

Some are pushed far from the falls by its violent currents, and a man who fell to his death was discovered 140 miles away in Lake Ontario years later.

Vincent C. Stack of Buffalo, New York, disappeared in the state park in 1990 at the age of 40.

His remains were found in April 1992 and are said to have been ‘vulnerably decomposed and mostly skeletal’.

After years of remaining unidentified, a DNA profile was found ‘to be a familial match’ to DNA collected from his family.

Police say his remains went over the falls before traveling 15 miles to the mouth of the river before drifting 130 miles across Lake Ontario to the shores of Oswego.

In another case in 1981, the body of Hesham Sayegh, who was eleven months old, was never found after his mother dropped him in the rushing water.

His mother Dunia Sayegh was charged with manslaughter over his death before the case was thrown out, according to one UPI history from 1982.

New York State Police launched unmanned aerial systems, aviation and underwater recovery units to help search for Means and her children.

Since her passing, previous Facebook posts she had made have resurfaced online, in which she expressed a desire to get back with her daughter’s father.

Days before she and her children died, Means marveled at her daughter and wrote online that she was beautiful.

On October 14, Means expressed regret that she and her daughter’s father were no longer together.

“Because I was a stupid ass pregnant b**** swearing up and down I don’t want him,” she wrote of the breakup. I need all the positive energy I can get, she said.

Several of Means’ friends have posted tributes to the mother of two on Facebook.

‘You really never know what someone is going through…RIP, said Niesha Eukeya.

“I can’t even just write a post about her and share memories,” Mich Molina wrote.

‘I’m literally sick to my stomach and I can’t even deal with the emotions I’m feeling. Just know that she and her children are dearly loved by me and my children.’

Means, who lived in Niagara Falls with her family, worked as a domestic violence counselor, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Luna Island is a small island between American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, which together with Horseshoe Falls forms the popular tourist attraction.

Niagara Falls State Park is operated by the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation and is open to tourists 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

More than 8 million people visit the park each year, according to the recreation department.