Two found dead in Elmont home, 1 woman missing
Nassau County police respond to home in Elmont where two people were reported dead Wednesday morning, police said. (June 23, 2010) Credit: Howard Schnapp
Two men were found dead in an Elmont home Wednesday, and a woman living there was missing, said police, who were questioning a 25-year-old man living at the residence.
Police officers responding to a call early Wednesday found a man dead on the kitchen floor, Nassau Det. Lt. Kevin Smith said. Sometime later, they discovered a second body in the home's basement.
They said they are questioning the 25-year-old man. Police also spent Wednesday searching for the woman, who is in her 60s and lived at the house with her husband and two sons, authorities said.
As of Wednesday night, police had not identified the deceased, the missing woman or the man they took into custody.
Investigators brought in a specially trained cadaver-sniffing dog and were canvassing the area around the house and the surrounding neighborhood.
Police said a relative went to the home on 238th Street in Elmont at 4 a.m. Wednesday after city officials said a Rikers Island correction officer who lives at the home did not report for work for two days.
The relative heard music inside and knocked on the door. The music stopped, but no one came to the door, and the relative called 911 at 4:20 a.m., police said.
Responding officers entered the home after removing an air conditioner, Smith said.
But when they discovered a body in the kitchen, they immediately left the house and called for backup.
Emergency Services Unit officers arrived, but police said while they were formulating a plan, the 25-year-old stepped outside the house to smoke a cigarette.
Officers immediately detained him and took him away for questioning, Smith said.
Police said officers then entered the home and found the second body in the basement. Smith would not say how the two men died but he said the case is being investigated by the homicide squad.
Smith said the correction officer has worked for the department for three years.
City correction department spokesman Stephen Morello declined to comment.
Police are searching for the missing woman's car, a gray Lexus. Neighbors said they hadn't seen her since Saturday.
Police said the bodies have "no obvious signs of trauma," Smith said.
"I just pray that they find the lady," said Adelena Mathie, 71 who was visiting a sister nearby.
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