Remains found off Southern State Parkway IDd as those of Isaiah Henriquez of West Babylon

State Police identified the human skeletal remains found off the Southern State Parkway in West Islip as 20-year-old Isaiah Henriquez of West Babylon in an update posted Saturday.

Henriquez had been reported missing by his family on April 9, Suffolk County police said. 

A missing person alert sent out by the Suffolk police on April 11 said Henriquez was last seen leaving a party at a home on Brentwood Road in Brentwood around 7:30 p.m. on April 8.

The discovery of the remains made by a driver early Thursday morning had set off an investigation that drew more than a dozen investigators to an exit ramp leading to the southbound Robert Moses Causeway.

Police appeared to focus on a wooded area about 100 feet off the exit ramp.

At a news conference early Thursday afternoon, State Police Capt. Christopher Casale said it was too soon to determine a possible cause of death.

Casale, who did not take questions from reporters, did not say whether police could estimate how long the remains had been there.

He also did not discuss the possible circumstances of the victim's death.

Casale said an unidentified driver pulled off the road at 7:15 a.m. Thursday for undisclosed reasons and "something caught his eye."

The person called 911 and reported finding skeletal remains, Casale said.

A State Police spokesperson said Saturday that their investigation remains ongoing.