Days after human body parts were found in a Long Island park, authorities announced Tuesday that more bodies have been found and at least one person has been arrested in the case.
Details of the suspect and charges have not been released, but two people familiar with the matter told NBC New York that investigators are looking into whether a love triangle was the motive behind the incident.
Two sources said the suspect allegedly chopped up his girlfriend and the man he believed she had cheated on him with. It was not immediately clear whether others helped the man dispose of the body parts.
Suffolk County police began an investigation Thursday morning after a student on his way to school found a “severed left arm” in Suthers Pond Park. Police said a dead dog's leg and other arm were found at the scene. The head, part of a leg, and a third arm were later recovered. The body parts appear to have been recently discarded.
The Suffolk County investigation led authorities to search three locations: a home on Railroad Avenue in Amityville, a wooded area across from Lakeway Drive in West Babylon, and Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale. Ta.
Additional human remains were discovered in Farmingdale and West Babylon on Tuesday, Suffolk County Police said in a news release. Nothing was found during a search of the Amityville home on Monday.
The West Babylon address is approximately a 10-minute drive from Suthers Pond Park and a 15-minute drive from Bethpage State Park.
Investigators believe the body parts found last week and human remains found Tuesday belong to the same victim.
Police said one of the victims, a 59-year-old woman, has been identified. Her name is being withheld until her next of kin are notified. The other victim, a 53-year-old man, has been provisionally identified.
“Their last known addresses were at the same location in Yonkers, but it is unknown when they last lived there,” police said in a news release.
The investigation is ongoing, but police said the incident “does not pose a threat to the public and appears to be an isolated incident.”
