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Investigators comb through burned Central Islip home

Crime lab investigators and the arson squad back

Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by James Carbone | Crime lab investigators and the arson squad back at the scene of triple homicide and fire that killed 3 adults in a home at 47 Hickory Street in Central Islip around 5:37 a.m. Tuesday morning. (August 12, 2009 photo by James Carbone)

Investigators sifting through the shell of a Central Islip home where three bodies were found faced the daunting task Wednesday of finding critical forensic clues in an area blackened by the suspected arson fire.

Crime scene tape and police vehicles lined Hickory Street, where neighbors gathered to see the aftermath of a fast-moving fire. The scope of the blaze, which gutted the house within...

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