ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Human skeletal remains were discovered in an abandoned encampment in a wooded area on Long Island on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
At 1:45 p.m., the Rockville Centre Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting possible human remains in the woods southwest of Peninsula Boulevard and Lakeview Avenue, a Nassau County Police Department release said.
When officers reached the area they discovered an abandoned encampment and human skeletal remains beneath a collapsed tent, police said.
The medical examiner responded to the scene, and the remains were released to the medical examiner’s office for further examination, officials said.
The circumstances surrounding the death, how long the remains had been there and the identity of the victim are yet unknown.
An investigation by the county’s Homicide Squad is ongoing.