Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after a man was found dead in a pool in East Shoreham at approximately 4:20 p.m. on May 25.
An East Shoreham homeowner was removing the protective cover from his pool and discovered the body.
An autopsy will be conducted by personnel from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the identity and cause of death of the victim. The police Commissioner said that it appeared the body had been in the pool for some time.
Detectives believe there is a strong possibility the body is Matthew Zoll.
The dead man was not wearing shoes, was wearing clothing similar to what Zoll was wearing when he was last seen, and the home is near the location where Zoll was involved in a single-vehicle crash the night of the murder.
The person who found the body is a member of the U.S. Marshals Task Force.
That Task Force spent time looking for Zoll when he fled after the crash.
Zoll is alleged to have stabbed his father, Joseph Zoll (61) to death in their home in Rocky Point in November 2024.
Zoll called 911 himself and said that his son had stabbed him. He later died.
Police have not revealed a motive for the crime.
The younger Zoll fled the scene of the stabbing and later crashed his car in East Shoreham, not far from where this body was found in the pool.
Police described Matthew Zoll as a White male, 6 feet 1 inch tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police are waiting for DNA analysis to confirm the identity of the dead man.