Crime & Safety

Human Remains Found In Hamptons: Cops

Skeletal remains were found in a wooded lot, police say.

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — Human remains were found in Southampton Monday, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, Suffolk County homicide detectives are investigating human remains discovered in a wooded lot, located on Hawthorne Road, at 1 p.m.

The remains were taken to the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner to be examined by an anthropologist, police said.

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Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide squad at 631-852-6392.

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