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Police visit site of unsolved 'Long Island serial killer' case on 5th anniversary of probe

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Deputy Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini, left, homicide Detective Lt. Kevin Beyrer, center, and Chief of Department Stuart Cameron tour a remote area off a Long Island parkway Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, where the bodies of 10 people were discovered in 2010 and 2011, in Babylon, N.Y. Sini, who has been nominated to be the new police commissioner, has announced a renewed effort at finding those responsible for the killings in what has become known as the "Long Island serial killer" case. Friday marked the fifth anniversary of when the first of the victims were found. The body of an 11th woman also was found several miles away, but detectives do not believe her death is linked to the other 10. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman) (The Associated Press)

This photo taken Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Babylon, N.Y., shows a cross where the body of Melissa Barthelemy was found in December 2010 along a remote stretch of beach highway in what has become known as the "Long Island serial killer" case. Friday marked the fifth anniversary of when the first of 10 victims were found. Police have announced that the FBI is now assisting in the investigation into the killer or killers responsible for the deaths. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman) (The Associated Press)

A day after announcing the FBI is joining the so-called Long Island serial killer investigation, police officials toured the area where the first of 11 sets of human remains were found five years ago.

Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Tim Sini (SIH'-nee) says the department is reviewing the unsolved case anew. He and other officials gathered Friday along a remote stretch of Ocean Parkway to survey where some of the bodies were found.

No suspects have ever been identified in one of Long Island's most vexing murder mysteries.

Human remains — eight women, a man and a toddler — were found strewn along several miles of thicket adjacent to the parkway. The remains of another woman were found several miles away, but police believe her death is not related.