Crime & Safety

Police: Gilgo Murders Work of Long Island Serial Killer

Suffolk Police Commissioner says 10 sets of human remains discovered in past year are the work of one person who likely lives on Long Island.

The 10 sets of human remains discovered along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, and several other Long Island and beach locations including TOBAY, in the past year are likely the handiwork of one serial killer, according to Suffolk Police Commissioner Richard Dormer. 

He also believes that the person responsible for these killings likely lives on Long Island given where the bodies have been dumped.

Meanwhile the missing person case of Shannan Gilbert, which led to the first remains discovery on Gilgo Beach on Dec. 11, 2010, remains open, with no new information, according to Suffolk County Police.

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Dormer, who is expected to leave his role at year’s end given the recent election of Steve Bellone as the new Suffolk County executive, said homicide detectives are continuing to follow up on tips to the Crime Stoppers hotline and following leads into the murders of eight women, one male and one toddler.

Meanwhile the serial killings are the subject of a new British documentary that will air next week.

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The A&E program, slated to air on December 5 at 9 p.m., reportedly includes "exclusive" information and interviews with family members, police and investigators. 

The program is said to include interviews with Michael Pak, who was with Gilbert, an escort, on May 20, 2010, when she went missing after visiting a client in Oak Beach, as well as on on-camera interview with Gilbert’s boyfriend at the time, Alex Diaz.

The program will reportedly provide insight on how one female victim’s sister is using a popular online classified site, where many of the female victims ran sexual escort ads, to try and catch the killer.

On Sept. 20 police released facial sketches and jewelry items related to three of five remaining unidentified bodies. At that time police officials indicated one more sketch, of the last unidentified female victim, would be released within a few weeks. That sketch has not been released.

As of that last press conference on the investigation police had followed up on 1,200 tips recived through the Crime Stoppers hotline.


 


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