Homeless Man Found Dead in Farmingdale

By Timothy Bolger Posted on March 19, 2017

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A homeless man was found dead in a makeshift tent in a wooded area of Farmingdale on Saturday evening, New York State police said.

Suffolk County police notified Troopers of the discovery near the entrance ramp from southbound Route 110 to westbound Southern State Parkway at 7 p.m., police said.

The man was pronounce dead at the scene. His identity was not immediacy available. Investigators do not suspect foul play.

The body was taken to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine his identity and cause of death.

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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.