Man With Lacerations Found Dead in Greenlawn Park

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 22, 2016

An 18-year-old man “with significant lacerations” was found dead in Greenlawn Park in his hometown of Greenlawn over the weekend, Suffolk County police said.

A visitor walking through the park discovered the body of Estiven Abrego Gomez and flagged down a passing motorist, who called 911 at 7:11 a.m. Saturday, police said.

The Suffolk County Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information on the to call them at 631-852-6392 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.