The physique of a “murdered” man was present in a parking zone close to a complicated Lengthy Island yacht membership, Suffolk County police mentioned Tuesday.
Christopher Millwater, 52, was discovered steps away from the Stony Brook Yacht membership on Monday at round 3:40 a.m., based on police.
Millwater had been the “sufferer of violence,” cops mentioned although they didn’t elaborate.
He was transported to Stony Brook College Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless, officers mentioned.
Residents of the upper-class suburb had been left shocked after studying of the police’s grotesque discovery.
“That doesn’t occur round right here,” Christian Kollar informed Information 12 Lengthy Island.
“There’s hardly any crime or violence. That’s why I moved right here. So it’s very shocking and surprising.”
The parking zone the place Millwater’s physique was discovered is reportedly used for a number of marinas within the ritzy North Shore suburb, in addition to for parking for the city of Brookhaven boat ramp at Stony Brook.
Murder detectives spent all of Monday investigating close to the yacht membership, showing to focus their consideration on a Porsche parked close to the place the physique was discovered, Information 12 reported.
It’s unclear whether or not Millwater, who lived in Selden, was a member of the yacht membership.
Public information present he solely beforehand owned two small boats within the Nineties, however doesn’t have any yachts registered below his identify.
Representatives from the Stony Brook Yacht Membership didn’t reply to The Publish’s request for remark.
Police mentioned nobody had been arrested Tuesday and declined to offer additional particulars.
