NEW YORK – A American tourist who died in Greece has been identified as a resident of Long Island.
The body of Floral Park resident Toby Sheets was found Sunday on a beach on the Greek island of Mathraki, his family told CBS News.
Sheets disappeared June 11 from a cafe on the small, heavily forested island with a rocky coastline and a few restaurants. It is located approximately 45 minutes off the coast of Corfu.
An autopsy is expected to determine the cause of death.
Sheets reportedly worked as a horse trainer at Belmont Park. His father told CBS News Sheets that he was “a very hard worker doing what he loved, training horses” and that he will be “dearly missed.”
Sheets, 55, was from Arkansas. He was one of six tourists who have died or gone missing in Greece since June 5 during a series of heat waves there. Temperatures have risen to 109 degrees Fahrenheit in Athens.
CBS New York’s Zinnia Maldonado will have more on this story at 5 p.m
