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Police dig for answers in East Islip backyard

Police from Suffolk County and New York City swarmed an East Islip home Tuesday and began digging up the backyard. Cold case detectives from the NYPD and homicide detectives from Suffolk County joined

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Jan 8, 2008, 10:26 PM

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