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Decomposed body found on Amagansett beach

Published: May 22, 2011 10:11 PM
By MICHAEL AMON  michael.amon@newsday.com

Divers from the East Hampton Town Police Dept.

Photo credit: Gordon M. Grant | Divers from the East Hampton Town Police Dept. prepare to head down the beach in Amagansett to recover a body that washed up on shore. (May 22, 2011)

A badly decomposed corpse that authorities say was missing some body parts was found on an Amagansett beach Sunday, East Hampton Town police said.

A beach walker found the body between noon and 12:30 p.m. on a beach between Barnes Hole and Albert's Landing roads, said East Hampton Police Chief Ed Ecker.

After the Suffolk County medical examiner's office checked the body, county police...

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