Four Bodies Found at Long Island Beach

BABYLON, N.Y. - Four bodies have been discovered at a beach on Long Island during a search for a missing New Jersey woman.

Suffolk County police say three bodies were found Monday at Oak Beach, which is on a remote barrier island that divides the Great South Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

The bodies were near where skeletal remains were discovered over the weekend.

Police say a canine officer and his dog found the remains of an unidentified person on December 11 when they were conducting a training exercise in an area where a person had been reported missing earlier this year.

Police found the remains of the three additional unidentified persons when they were searching the scene for evidence related to the original incident.

The canine unit was searching the area in response to a missing-person report made in May after Jersey City, N.J., resident Shonnan Gilbert vanished.

Oak Beach is one of a series of beaches run by towns and municipalities. The bodies found there haven't been identified.