Search For Missing Person Ends In Death Investigation: Cops

PECONIC, NY — Police officers scoured a North Fork beach Wednesday, looking for a missing person who was later reported dead, officials said.

Suffolk County Police reported Wednesday night that the homicide division said it was a non-criminal death investigation, and no additional information was immediately available.

A group of Southold Town Police and New York State Police were seen just after 10 a.m. at Goldsmith Inlet in Peconic, searching not just the beach — a Southold Town Police vessel was also out on the water and a helicopter was seen flying overhead.

According to a police officer at the scene, the search was for an adult, not a teen or child.

"We have been working a missing person investigation all day in that area," Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley said.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Flatley said, the case was turned over to the Suffolk County Police Department, who initiated the investigation.