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Prosecutor: Evidence at murder trial will be 'gruesome'

Investigators examine a Hickory Street, Central Islip house

Photo credit: James Carbone | Investigators examine a Hickory Street, Central Islip house where three bodies were found by crew responding to a fire. The two women and a man had been shot to death, one of them also strangled with an electrical cord, authorities say. (Aug. 11, 2009)

The crime scene at the back of a Central Islip house was uncommonly gory when it was discovered more than three years ago and the trial about to begin in the case will reflect that, a Suffolk prosecutor warned potential jurors.

Jury selection for Hasan Vaughan and Thomas Singletary, both 36 and from Central Islip, has taken a month so far. They are charged with first-degree murder, accused...

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