Woman Drowns in Backyard Pool

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the drowning death of a woman in Northport today. 

Second Precinct officers responded to a residence after a 911 caller reported a woman was found unresponsive in an inground pool on August 12 at approximately 7:55 a.m. 

The woman, Eileen Specht, 87, who lived at the home, was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives believe the incident is non-criminal in nature.