County to Explain Forensics Process in Light of Gilgo Bodies

The Suffolk County Medical Examiner will provide insight on forensic processes used to identify human remains during a special conference this morning at its forensics sciences office in Smithtown.

Suffolk Medical Examiner Dr. Yvonne Milewski will walk through the general forensic processes used to identify human remains, but officials say the information will not be specific to the remains of four female bodies discovered along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach earlier this week.

"With media interest in the discovery of four bodies earlier this week, the officials will provide the press with a generic (i.e., not case-specific to the Ocean Parkway bodies) walk-through of the steps of identifying remains, the science behind those steps and how that science works with investigative work," states a press release.

Yet the news alert notes police officials may provide investigation updates on the Ocean Parkway cases if available at the time.

Late last night police confirmed that all four bodies, which were found 500 feet apart from each other but dumped at various times in the past year and a half, are female. None have yet been officially identified.

Police have not ruled out that the bodies be the work of a serial killer and are looking at a possible connection to cases of missing prostitutes several years ago in Atlantic City.