Update, March 12, 11:45 a.m.: East Hampton Town police have identified a man found dead in Clearwater Beach in Springs on Tuesday.
He is Ian Nathanson, 45, who lived at the property on Lion Head Rock Road in the Clearwater neighborhood.
At around 1 p.m. Tuesday a passing motorist called police, who arrived on the scene shortly thereafter and cordoned off the area with yellow caution tape. Police said Wedneday morning that "the death does not appear to be suspicious."
A friend of Mr. Nathanson said Thursday that he had been trimming trees in the front yard at the time of his death.
With Reporting by Frances Sacks