Feds involved in massive search for possible body in Roosevelt, Long Island

ROOSEVELT, Long Island (WABC) -- Dozens of detectives are combing through a wooded area on Long Island after federal law enforcement officials received a tip of a possible gang-related homicide.

A person of interest in an investigation told Homeland Security officials that there were human remains in a wooded area in Roosevelt in Nassau County.
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The tip came in Wednesday night, and dozens of local and federal investigators have been searching the area of West Greenwich Avenue and Wilbur Lane since.

At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Nassau County police said no remains have been found, but the search is continuing and is expected to last for days.

Here is video from NewsCopter 7 showing police at the scene:

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The area being searched is a wooded area with a large pond.

"We'll use every tool in the toolbox to go through that wooded area," Nassau Police Commissioner Pat Ryder said.



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