Photo: SCPD. On February 15, 1990, Suffolk County Police Detective Dennis Wustenhoff left his home in Patchogue and got into his undercover police car. That morning, at around 11:50 am, his vehicle exploded when a bomb went off as soon as he turned the ignition. Wustenhoff was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital but his injuries were too severe and he died three hours later. On the anniversary of his death this year, the Suffolk County Police Department said it has increased a reward for the information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible for the death of Detective Wustenhoff in 1990. The reward is now at $30,000.
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Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers have announced an increase to $30,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible for the death .
Photo Credit: LI.com News Team Detective Wustenhoff died shortly after a bomb exploded as he attempted to start his unmarked police vehicle that was parked in front of his Patchogue home on February 15, 1990. Detective Wustenhoff, who was assigned to the Narcotics Section at the time of his death, was survived by his wife, Fran, two daughters, Melissa and Jennifer, and a son, Kevin, who joined the department in 2005.
Police tripled the reward for information leading to an arrest in the 1990 death of a Suffolk County detective killed by a car bomb in front of his own home.