A young man found dead, floating near a dock on Long Island earlier this month has been declared a homicide victim, Nassau County officials announced Friday.
The body of the unknown victim, described as Black or Hispanic and between the ages of 15 and 20, was recovered by Nassau County police on April 8 in the Village of Island Park, near Long Beach.
Police responded to a dock on Railroad Place just after 11 a.m. for reports of a “body in the water.”
Officers recovered the victim from the water near Reynolds Channel, officials said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
On Friday, Nassau police released an investigation update saying that a forensic review by the Nassau County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that the victim “sustained injuries consistent with being beaten and stabbed” and that the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
The victim was 5-foot-4 and weighed around 130 pounds, police said. He was wearing black cargo pants and a beige T-shirt sporting black lettering that read “ARCH” and several other designs.
Detectives urge anyone who may know the identity of the victim matching this description to contact the Nassau County Homicide Squad at (516) 573-7788 or submit a tip to Nassau County Crime Stoppers.
