Cops: No Evidence Linking Manorville Body to Gilgo

Suffolk County Police said on Thursday that there is no evidence, at least at this point, to suggest that a is linked to the Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation.

Police released further information on Thursday afternoon at a press conference after a jogger found a body in Manorville Hills County Park, south of exit 70 off the Long Island Expressway.

According to police, the corpse belonged to a female, and was found around 4:30 p.m. on March 21. While police couldn't put an exact amount of time that they believe the body had been in the woods - about 100 yards from where any vehicle could have traveled - they said it was there for at least a week and "not an incredibly long time."

Suffolk County Homicide Unit is handling the case, though there is no direct evidence to suggest that the incident is criminal in nature, according to a police spokesperson. The Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office was planning on performing an autopsy on Thursday, which police said should shed more light on the nature of the incident.

The body found Wednesday was the second found in the quiet, rural hamlet in just over a month. 

On Feb. 17, Suffolk Police announced that , west of Wading River Road. A police spokeswoman said that incident is still under investigation.

During 2011 two Gilgo victims’ body parts were found a short distance from the Wading River Road site.

One is an unidentified woman tagged as Jane Doe No. 6 whose torso and left foot were found first in Manorville in 2000 and whose head, hands and right foot were found Gilgo in April, 2011. The victim was an adult white woman between the ages of 18 and 40 and stood about 5 foot 2 inches. A medical examiner database report states the victim’s right and left nasal bones had been fractured and healed. Police have stated the victim had a tattoo on her right ankle but the database report does not indicate that.

The partial remains of Jessica Taylor were found in Manorville in 2003 and her head was found in Gilgo Beach in 2011.