Body found in woods behind warehouse in New York

Human remains were found in a wooded area behind a warehouse in East Garden City, Long Island (NY).

Officers received a 911 call Tuesday about possible human remains spotted in the back of 700 Dibblee Drive, where a Lowe’s store is located. Upon arrival, they noticed an abandoned campsite and confirmed the presence of a body, Nassau County police said.

The investigation is ongoing. The body was transferred to the Orense office to determine the identity of the victim and how and when he died, he reported. Patch.com.

Detectives have asked anyone with information to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.

Long Island and Queens are two of the areas with the highest presence of Mara Salvatrucha in the US, where dozens of murders and disappearances are attributed to it. The group of Central American origin is associated with recruiting young men and women, mostly of Latino origin.

In general, the discovery of whole or partial bodies in public places is common in New York and nearby areas, and it sometimes takes time to identify the victims.

Last month a woman was found dead with her head shot inside an abandoned sleeping bag in Midtown East, Manhattan (NYC) and later her roommate was arrested as a suspect.

In May, a human head was found floating in Jamaica Bay, Queens. Earlier that month, a man was found dead floating in waters near the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan.

Days later, human remains found submerged in a creek in New Jersey were identified as those of Charles Murphy, a man who had been missing since 1982, prosecutors said. In April, a case that had been open for nearly 39 years was also closed in New Jersey: the newborn found dead in a bag in a park on Christmas Eve 1984.

Between February 29 and early March, two dissected human bodies were found in wooded areas of Long Island (NY). They were later identified as Malcolm Craig Brown (53) and his partner Donna Conneely (59), and a cousin of his was arrested along with three other people.

In January 2021, human remains were found in a park in Staten Island along with a calendar from 2005. Months later, it was determined that the bones were those of a short man (between 4’11” and 5’5″), possibly Asian or Hispanic, who had been murdered on an unspecified date. But so far, the victim has not been identified and there have been no arrests.

In the fall of 2020, two newborn twins were abandoned dead in a high-traffic residential area in the Bronx (NYC) and more than three years later, no one has been arrested in the case.

Anyone with information on these cases is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). They can also be reached at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.