Woman, 94, drowns in backyard pool in Mount Sinai, Suffolk police say

Suffolk County police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a 94-year-old woman who they said drowned Thursday while staying at a relative's home in Mount Sinai.

Police said officers responding to a 911 call at 7:51 p.m. found Kihee Kim "unresponsive" in the backyard pool of a home on Kingston Road. She was taken to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, where she was pronounced dead, police said in a statement.

Additional details were not immediately available.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”