Crime & Safety
A Day After Party, Queens Woman Found Drowned in Dix Hills Pool
The woman was a guest at a party that occurred on Saturday, police said.
A Queens woman drowned in a backyard swimming pool in Dix Hills, authorities said Sunday.
Suffolk County police said residents of the home at 2 Polo Street were cleaning up the backyard following a party that occurred on Saturday, when, at approximately 2:40 p.m. today, they noticed a body in the deep end of the backyard pool.
Second Precinct police officers responded following a 911 call from a resident, and pulled Rajkumari Motwani’s body from the water at the home at the corner of Commack Road, police said.
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Motwani, 55, of Rego Park, who was a guest at the party, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Following a preliminary investigation, police said there does not appear to be any criminality in relation to Motwani’s death.
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Detectives are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392.
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