Four bodies found near New York beach

Police, who were searching for a missing person, found four bodies near a beach in Long Island, New York.


The bodies could have been in the area for as long as a month, police said.

Officers were searching for Shannon Gilbert, a 24-year-old New Jersey woman who was reported missing, the Suffolk County Police Department said.

The bodies were strewn around about a quarter-mile stretch of Oak Beach, police said.