Overview
- Officers discovered the body of an adult female at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday in woods off Connecticut Avenue south of River Road in Manorville, Suffolk County.
- Detectives say preliminary findings indicate the death is criminal in nature, and the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad is leading the case.
- Formal identification and cause of death are being determined by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, a process officials say could take several days.
- The search was focused on locating Kathleen Harrison Trent, 63, last heard from on January 27 and reported missing by her son on January 29 after she was last seen at her Forge Road home in Riverhead about six miles away.
- Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the Riverhead Police Department or its confidential tip line as the investigation continues.