Crime & Safety
New Body Parts, Including Woman's Head, Found In Babylon: PD
The woman's head, leg and arm were recovered, as well as two male arms, police say.
BABYLON, NY — New human remains were found in a Babylon park Thursday, including an adult woman's human head, reports indicate.
According to Suffolk County police the human remains found at Southards Pond Park in Babylon belong to both a woman and a adult male, including a woman's arm, leg and head, and a man's two arms, which had tattoos.
The adult male's two arms were found on the eastern side of the park; the woman's head, arm and leg were found on the western side of the park, police said.
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Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives said a left arm was found on the west side of the road on Siegal Boulevard, between Park Avenue and Mason Avenue, in Babylon at 8:41 a.m. on Thursday.
The arm was found by a female walking to school who called her father; he then called 911, police said. During a subsequent search by police, a cadaver dog found a located a leg sticking out of a mound of leaves in a wooded area on the western side of the park near Graham Place between Beverly Road and Martin Place, police said.
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The same dog continued searching the east side of the park and found a right arm, approximately 20 feet away from the original discovery of the left arm, police said.
The remains found on the eastern edge of the park appear to be male, police said. The crime scene search of the western edge of the park has been suspended until daylight, police said.
Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide squad at 631-852-6392 or to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-Tips. All calls will remain anonymous.
At around 10 a.m. Thursday, Village of Babylon officials posted on social media regarding the investigation: "To all our Babylon Village residents and guests: Please be advised that Southards Park is closed at this time by the Suffolk County Police Department. An investigation is currently going on and upon further information, details will be released. Southards Park is closed until further notice."
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