Following the discovery of several human body parts in Babylon last week - including a severed head - Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives have announced that arrests were made on Tuesday, March 5, in connection with the grisly incident.
Police say that they served a search warrant at a residence in Amityville Tuesday morning, with at least two arrests being made; officers reportedly spent the entire night searching the home.
In addition, New York State Police have assisted Suffolk authorities in conducting a search of Bethpage State Park, where it is suspected that more human remains may be present.
The chain of events leading to Tuesday's police actions began on Thursday, February 29, when a 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, at approximately 8:40 a.m. The student called her father who then responded to the scene and called 911.
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 near Graham Place. The same dog continued searching the east side of the park and found a right arm approximately 20 feet away from the original discovery of the left arm.
The remains found on the eastern edge of the park appeared to be male.
The Suffolk County Medical Examiner determined that the severed head, right arm, left leg from the knee down, and a right upper leg found by a Suffolk County Police Canine Section cadaver dog at the western side of Southards Pond Park on February 29 are believed to be of an adult woman.
The Suffolk County Homicide Squad are attempting to identify the woman as well as the man whose body parts were also found.
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.