Body Found at Burned Out Moriches House


Investigators are still reviewing a fire that claimed the life of one adult male in Moriches this past week. | Robert Chartuk

A man was found dead in an abandoned farmhouse in Moriches after a fire broke out in the century-old building. Suffolk police are investigating the Montauk Highway blaze with early findings that the case is non-criminal.

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A 911 caller reported the fire just before midnight on Wednesday and the Center Moriches Fire Department responded with assistance from the Brookhaven, East Moriches, Manorville, and Mastic departments. The body was found after the blaze was extinguished. The two-story home, which was part of a once-popular farm, was completely destroyed.

Robert Chartuk
The man's identity and cause of death is unknown, but will be determined after an autopsy by the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

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