Police seek to identify skeletal remains found on Long Island in 2023

NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Suffolk County detectives on Tuesday released a sketch of a man whose remains they are looking to identify after he was found on Long Island last year.

At approximately 1 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2023, a 911 caller reported finding skeletal remains in a wooded area of Southards Pond Park in North Babylon, south of Sunrise Highway.

Following an investigation, officials determined that the cause of death was non-criminal in nature.

The Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office believes the remains to be of a Black male between the ages of 25 and 40.

He is between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 5 inches tall, and had been dead for approximately two years prior to being found. He was wearing a black jacket with "Nike Running" on the sleeve, black pants with black and white basketball sneakers and a gray running hat.

It is under investigation whether a backpack located near the body belonged to the man.

Authorities are asking anyone with information on the identity of this man to call Homicide Squad detectives at 631-852-6392.