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Two killers - at least - are responsible for remains near Long Island beaches, says D.A.

Suffolk County police search, April 14, 2011 AP Photo/Seth Wenig

(CBS/AP) HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - A prosecutor says at least two killers are responsible for the human remains that have been found along a New York beach highway - including the head of a prostitute missing since 2003.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota says the head and hands of 20-year-old Jessica Taylor were found earlier this year along a Long Island highway, which would make her the fifth victim publicly identified in the case.

Spota says at least two suspects killed the eight people whose remains have been found in Suffolk County. Two other sets of remains were found in Nassau County.

Taylor's headless, handless body was found in Manorville in 2003. Spota says parts of a second woman were also found this year on the beach. Spota says a man and a girl younger than 2 years old also are among the victims.

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