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Cops seek clues in deaths of woman, toddler in woods

Quick ReadPolice confirmed that they are conducting a homicide investigation at the scene near a Raymour and Flanigan warehouse.

The woods at Pinewood Avenue in Central Islip

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | The woods at Pinewood Avenue in Central Islip where the bodies of Vanessa Argueta, 19, and her 2-year-old son, Diego Torres, both of Hempstead, were discovered Friday. (Feb. 6, 2010)

Police are seeking help from the public to find the identities of a young woman and a toddler found shot to death in a wooded strip in Central Islip early Friday.

PHOTOS: See images from the crime scene in Central Islip

Detectives said the bodies of the woman - believed to be in her late teens or early 20s - and a boy either 1 or 2 years old, were found around 7 a.m. Friday near Connetquot...

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