EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — The Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad is investigating after a 48-year-old Long Island man was found strangled on the side of the road early Saturday morning, police said.
A resident called 911 at about 1:35 a.m. after discovering the victim lying in the grass on the side of Garity Place, between Morton Street and East Carmans Road, in East Farmingdale.
Juan Carlos Diaz Geronimo, of North Amityville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the East Farmingdale Fire Department.
Investigators determined that he had been strangled.
Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide squad at 631-852-6392.