At least one person has been arrested in connection with the discovery last week of mutilated human parts in a Long Island park, sources close to the investigation told the New York affiliate of NBC News on Tuesday.
Details about the suspect and charges have not been released, but two sources familiar with the case told NBC New York that investigators are looking into the possibility that
a love triangle was the motive for the murders of a man and a woman
.
The suspect allegedly dismembered his girlfriend and the man with whom he believed she had cheated on him, according to the two sources.
It was not immediately clear if other people helped the suspect dispose of the bodies.
Suffolk police investigate the discovery of body parts in a park in Babylon, New York, on February 29, 2024. NBC New York
Authorities
believe the victims lived in Yonkers
, New York.
It turned out that the 59-year-old woman has already been identified by authorities, but they have not revealed her name.
The man was 53 years old.
Homicide detectives searched a home on Railroad Avenue in Amityville on Tuesday morning, NBC New York reported.
The home is about a 15-minute drive from Southards Pond Park, in Babylon Village, where six parts of two bodies were found.
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Initial investigations revealed that "the severed head, right arm, left leg from the knee down and the upper part of a right leg" found in Southards Pond Park on February 29 belonged to the woman.
Among those remains were the man's arms.
State police confirmed they investigated another crime-related scene at Bethpage State Park, about a 10-minute drive from Railroad Avenue, according to the news station.
The Suffolk County Police Department declined to confirm the arrest or search of the home, saying in an email that “we do not have any updates on the case at this time.”
A student walking to school found a “severed left arm” in Southards Pond Park last Thursday morning.
After the police were called, a
cadaver dog discovered a leg
and another arm in the area.
Later, a head, parts of the leg and a third arm were found in the park.
The remains appeared to have been recently dumped.
Researchers believe they belong to at least one man and one woman.
DNA tests are being conducted to identify the victims.
And authorities have not yet ruled out as an alternative hypothesis that the homicides are related to the criminal activity of local gangs.
With information from
NBC News
and
News12