Suffolk Police said the 31-year-old was homeless and that she was reported missing last month.
Seikeya Jones' body was left behind an apartment building in Huntington, according to Suffolk County police. The gruesome discovery occurred before noon on Tuesday in a wooded area along Nassau Road in Huntington Station, police said.Those who knew Jones stopped by where she was found on Thursday as mystery grew around how she ended up there.
"We called her Keya," Mary Waldron said."She was a really sweet girl. She was always smiling. She was always happy." Waldron told reporters that Jones had run into some trouble and she"changed and kind of ended up on the streets." Still, her friends attempted to keep in contact with her.Police confirmed Jones was homeless and that she was reported missing last month. It wasn't the first time she had been reported missing, her friends said.
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