Investigators discovered a dead body in Farmingville on Thursday, Suffolk police said.

An extensive search by the Canine Section led to the discovery of a body in a wooded area on Express Drive North near Old Medford Avenue at 2 p.m., according to Homicide Squad detectives. The body has been taken to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office where an autopsy will be performed

More details should become available once the autopsy is completed, according to police.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.  All calls will be kept confidential.