UPDATE: The body has been identified as 31-year-old Seikeya Jones.
The investigation is continuing Wednesday after a body was found inside a suitcase behind an apartment building on Long Island.
Chris Smocer's daughter noticed a strong odor while she was on a walk just before noon on Tuesday, the nearby resident told NBC New York. She realized it was coming from a suitcase in a wooded area along Nassau Road in Huntington Station and called her mother who said they should tell the police.
Police initially responded to a 911 call for suspicious activity around 11:50 a.m. and officers discovered the body in the suitcase.
Detectives responded to the scene, and crime tape was seen up along a stretch of the road as evidence was collected. A foot or a shoe appeared to be hanging out of the luggage.
"I came over and I got out of the car and I approached it and I said 'Oh my God it stinks here,' and the flies," Smocer said.
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The body has not yet been identified and Suffolk police have not shared how they believe the victim was killed. The county medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
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Further information was not immediately available as an investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding the body is asked to contact Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives at (631) 852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
