Body found in Selden woods in noncriminal probe, police say
Suffolk County police are at Mooney Pond and College roads in Selden Sunday afternoon, Nov. 29, 2015, investigating a report of a body found in a wooded area nearby. The site is not far from the Suffolk County Community College Ammerman campus. Credit: James Carbone
Homicide detectives responded to a wooded area in Selden Sunday afternoon where a body was found, a department spokeswoman said.
"We responded to a call of a body found in the woods," the spokeswoman said.
The call came in at 11:03 a.m. reporting a body discovered near Mooney Pond and College roads, about a mile from the Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus at 533 College Rd.
Police at the scene said the body was that of a female. A police spokesman said the death was noncriminal in nature.
Officers secured the site with yellow tape.
Scott Eidler is a deputy editor for the towns department at Newsday. Scott has worked at Newsday since 2012 and previously covered municipal government and education.
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