Saturday, September 24, 2011

Long Island Dumping Ground

"Some links found among 10 bodies found on Long Island" September 21, 2011|Associated Press

YAPHANK, N.Y. - An investigation into the discovery of 10 bodies strewn along a remote New York beach parkway grew more perplexing yesterday when police announced that DNA testing had determined that two victims found miles apart were related and that the remains of another unidentified woman matched body parts found 15 years ago.

Police suspect the 10 victims - whose remains were dumped along the highway periodically over more than a decade and discovered during searches begun last December - could have been left by several killers. Body parts have been found in four separate locations stretching over a wide section of eastern Long Island.

“There could be one, there could be more killers,’’ Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said in an appeal for help in cracking the mystery. “We don’t know.’’

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