Crime & Safety

Man Found Dead In Car: Suffolk Police

Officers found the man's body in a Jeep, which was parked on the shoulder of the Long Island Expressway, police say.

HAUPPAUGE, NY — A man was found dead in a car in Hauppauge on Wednesday, Suffolk police said.

Suffolk highway officers responded to a parked vehicle on the shoulder of eastbound Long Island Expressway near Route 111 around 1:15 p.m., police said. Officers found a body of in the front seat of a 2019 Jeep.

The body was identified as Luis Gonzalez, 62, who is without a known address, police said. Gonzalez was taken to the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine his cause of death.

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Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.

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