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27 years after remains discovered, βFire Island Jane Doe' identified as Karen Vergata
Investigators announced Friday that after nearly three decades, the victim known as βFire Island Jane Doeβ was identified as 34-year-old Karen Vergata, a presumed sex worker who went missing on Feb. 14, 1996.
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Long Island swimmer alive after treading ocean water for 5 hours
A man from Long Island is recovering from hypothermia after treading water for about five hours in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Police in Suffolk County said a 63-year-old from Copiague went for a swim at Cedar Beach in Babylon around 5 a.m. When he went out into the open water, police said, he was pulled out by the current….
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LISTEN: District attorney outlines some of the evidence against Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney outlined some of the evidence against Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann, including graphic internet searches and multiple burner phones.
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Video Shows Man Fighting With Teen After Attempt to Retrieve Baseball Goes Wrong
A Long Island man is facing charges for unsportsmanlike conduct off the baseball field where his team was playing, as he allegedly assaulted a teenager at a nearby skate park in a dispute over a foul ball.
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βDead' Woman at New York Funeral Home Turns Out to Be Alive
The 82-year-old woman had reportedly ‘died,’ at a nearby nursing home.
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3 People Found Stuck in Gaping Sinkhole on New York Front Lawn
Two senior women and a man got stuck in a gaping sinkhole in a Long Island front yard Thursday, authorities say. Suffolk County cops say they initially responded to a home in Huntington Station just after 6 a.m. for a report of a woman stuck in a hole in the ground. When they arrived, they found her β and two…
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NY Cable Man Accused of Helping Suspect Evade Cops After Van's Camera Busts Both
A Long Island cable repairman allegedly helped an armed suspect hide in his company van from police officers looking for him. But that choice is also what led to both men getting arrested β because the work van had a camera inside that recorded their entire conversation.