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Police searching for possible victims of a suspected serial killer in Long Island have asked for more help from the FBI.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said investigators needed assistance taking aerial photographs of the beaches and scrubland they have been searching.
"The high-resolution technology should be able to provide a detailed representation of the area and will extend through Nassau County," he said.
"We're hoping the technology will help indentify skeletal remains that may still be out there."
The aerial photography is expected to begin this week and is in addition to the ongoing searches by police dive teams and helicopters.
Mr Dormer told reporters police were still keen to hear from members of the public with any information, saying they had received over 600 tips so far.
He also confirmed that "lots" of people were being interviewed, but would not elaborate on who and why.
The media conference followed confirmation that the latest two sets of remains discovered in the remote Jones Beach State Park are human.
The find potentially brings the body count so far to 10, as it is unclear if the remains belong to one person or two different people.
More than 100 police officers expanded their search on Monday to new parts of the Jones Beach area in the south of Long Island.
It was then the bones and skull were discovered 1.5 miles apart.
A police spokesman from Suffolk County Police Department told Sky News the skull was being examined by the medical examiner's officer.
It may take up to a week to determine things like age, gender and how long the remains have been there.
The spokesman said at the moment, there has been no connection made between the latest discoveries and the eight other victims.
In December 2010 it was the search for missing 24-year-old prostitute Shannan Gilbert that led to the discovery of four murdered women.
Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelmy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello had all worked as prostitutes, and like Ms Gilbert, had advertised their services on the website Craigslist.
They were all wrapped in sacks and dumped near a lonely stretch of road that runs through isolated beaches and thick shrubs.
Ms Gilbert's body has still not been found.
Three months later, at the beginning of April, police found four more bodies in the area, but the windy and salty conditions have made forensics challenging and none of them have been identified.
Police, who are yet to name a suspect, have said at the moment there appears to be no connection with this case and the discovery of four murdered prostitutes in 2006 in Atlantic City.
SKYNEWS
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