Woman's Body Found At Suffolk Superfund Site: Police

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY — A dead woman was found at the demolition site of the superfund locale, Lawrence Aviation in Port Jefferson Station, on Friday morning, Suffolk police say.

An unidentified person found her body at the Sheep Pasture Road site just before noon, according to police.

Her body was taken to the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause of death and her identity, police said.

The cause of death is under investigation, a police spokesman just before midnight Friday.

A consent decree was reached in May 2022, ending a legal tangle, but paving the way for the redevelopment at the site, officials said.

It includes an area around 125 acres off of Sheep Pasture Road with six parcels enhanced in value and sold for redevelopment by a company established by the Suffolk County Landbank Corporation, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

The decree provides possible future uses of the property including a "regionally significant infrastructure project and an industrial park," according to the office.

Lawrence Aviation conducted titanium sheet metal manufacturing operations at the site, mostly for the aeronautics industry, from 1959 to around 2004.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about the discovery of the woman’s body to contact the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or to call Crime Stoppers, a confidential police hotline, at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls can remain anonymous.

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