Bodies Scattered In NY Parks ID'd As Westchester Man And Woman

YONKERS, NY — The body parts found in parks on Long Island over the past several days have been identified as belonging to a Westchester couple, according to law enforcement officials.

According to Suffolk County police, human remains initially found at a park on Long Island belonged to a woman and an adult male. The gruesome find included a woman's arm, leg and head, and a man's two arms, which had tattoos.

New human remains were later found in a wooded area in the ongoing investigation days after the first body parts were found in the Babylon park last week, police said.

According to an update by Suffolk County Police Department homicide squad detectives, an investigation into the human remains found in Babylon on February 29 has resulted in a search warrant that was executed at a Railroad Ave. address in Amityville on Monday. No human remains were located during the search, police said.

Human remains were, however, located in a wooded area across from 103 Lakeway Drive in West Babylon on Tuesday, police said. The scene was processed by the Suffolk County Police Department homicide squad and the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

In addition, human remains were also located at Bethpage State Park on Tuesday; the scene was processed by New York State Police and the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

The remains located in West Babylon and Bethpage are believed to belong to the same victims from the February 29 discovery, police said.

The female, 59 years old, has been identified and her name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, police said. The male has been tentatively identified and was 53 years old at the time of his death, police said.

Their last known address was the same location in Yonkers. However, it’s unclear when they last resided there, police said.

Despite reports from some media outlets citing "sources" that arrests had been made, police told Patch: "We have no arrests to announce at this point."

The Suffolk County Medical Examiner determined that a severed head, right arm, left leg from the knee down, and a right upper leg found by a Suffolk County police cadaver dog at the western side of Southards Pond Park on Thursday were believed to be those of an adult woman, police said late Friday.

According to Suffolk County police, on Thursday at about 8:40 a.m., a high school student was walking to school and discovered a severed left arm on the west side of Seagal Boulevard at the eastern end of Southards Pond Park, between Park Avenue and Mason Avenue.

The student called her father, who then called 911, police said.

Following an investigation by homicide squad detectives, a cadaver dog from the canine unit discovered a leg in a mound of leaves on the western side of the park. The same dog continued searching the east side of the park and found a right arm about 20 feet away from the original discovery of the left arm, police said. The remains found on the eastern edge of the park appeared to be male, police said.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.