Hate Crime Attack + Fatal Crash + Jazz Festival

Happy Tuesday, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

Major developments were reported in missing person Gabby Petito's case. A body was found in Wyoming and her boyfriend's Florida home was searched. A Selden man is accused of luring men to a fake job site and attacking them, what police say was a biased hate crime. A small jazz festival is back after a pandemic year off. And two Middle Island men were involved in a fatal car crash on the LIE.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 77 Low: 69.

Here are the top stories in Miller Place-Rocky Point today:

1. Vera Chinese reports that a Middle Island man was killed in a car crash Sunday and another was injured. The 5 a.m. on the Long Island Expressway in Plainview, Nassau County police said, a Toyota Corolla hit another vehicle, killing the unnamed rear passenger. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. A jazz festival is back after a year off due to the pandemic. The Jazz Loft’s 6th annual Harbor Jazz Festival will run Sept. 22 to 25 in Stony Brook. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. News 12 Long Island covers an alleged hate crime. Police say Selden's Christopher Cella, 19, attacked three Hispanic men ranging from the ages of 47 to 60 after bringing them to a construction site under the guise of offering them work. (News 12)
4. News 12 shares the latest on the Gabby Petito case. The FBI announced a body matching her description was found in Wyoming, and the FBI searched Brian Laundrie's Florida house on Monday. The audio of a 911 call a bystander made about the couple was also released. (News 12)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Grade 2 Open School Night, 6 p.m., Frank J Carasiti Elementary School
• Shared Dec Meeting, 2:15 p.m., Rocky Point High School
• High School Senior Class Group Photo, Rocky Point High School

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• Members of the Sound Beach fire department were honored for their service at a recent dinner. (Patch)

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