Shannan Gilbert, 24, of Jersey City has been missing since May. She was last seen alive in the Gilgo Beach area. As authorities searched for Shannan last year, they uncovered the bodies of four prostitutes in various stages of decomposition. Recently an additional body was found March 29 off Ocean Parkway, west of Cedar Beach. Forensic evidence has confirmed that the fifth body was not Gilbert.
As the search continued on Monday, three additional corpses were apparently discovered. This brings the total to eight. Police are now intensifying the hunt for a potential serial killer. So far it is believed that all victims had advertised on such sites as Craigslist. For the eight victims and their families, the premature endings have ruined a lot of dreams.
Lewis Wolpert, professor emeritus of biology at University College London, recently wrote a book claiming that "... people tend to become ever more cheerful and optimistic, perhaps reaching a maximum in their late 70s or 80s," Wolpert told the Telegraph. See: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/05/study-the-best-years-of-our-lives-could-be-in-our-eighties/#ixzz1IfpZKuqW. Assuming that Wolpert is correct, then the serial killer responsible for these murders should have to read the book so that he realizes what he is missing as he rots in prison.
Update 4-13-11: The remains of a nineth person have been found. Shannan's body still has yet to be recovered.
Update 5-2-11: Shannan's family retraced her last known moves. Police are expanding the search. For more information, please see comments.
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More early attention to this search would have occurred had these women all worked on Wall Street!
They probably did search for the other women, but I admit this looks bad. How could you not find eight bodies?
Yep, heard about this on the news today. When you say the girls advertised on craigslist what you mean is that they were prostitutes.
Sounds like another Gary Ridgeway (Green River Killer) is on the loose. And if I remember correctly the reason Ridgeway used for killing the prostitutes was because he hated women, hard to believe since he was married twice and had a son. I think it had more to do with the control the prostitutes had over his uncontrollable lust drive, hence a certain type of woman he hated…plus he saved a ton of money pursuing his lust by killing them instead of paying for it.
I think this guy in NY will have similar issues, or more of a fanatical type cleansing the Earth of the evil prostitutes in god’s name.
Here is a link to a decent informative story about the bodies found on Long Island:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1373774/Craigslist-Ripper-Police-expand-search-victims-body-count-rises-8.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
They are calling him the Craigslist Ripper and I’m wondering if this title has something to do with the condition of the bodies.
Two of the girls were last seen alive not all that far from where their bodies were found, one in Babylon, and the other in a hotel in Suffolk Co.
The missing girl who started the search, Shannan Gilbert, was last seen alive in the Oak Beach area where she pounded on a residence’s door saying “They are trying to kill me”. Oak Beach is in the area where the eight bodies were found.
The client Shannan was seeing that night apparently is a resident of Oak Beach but the police say he is not a suspect…Hummm, these serial killers like to dump bodies where they are comfortable and usually close to home when they begin their rampage, and will use the same location if not discovered. Gary Ridgeway had something like seven bodies at one of his dumpsites.
V.Guy: good theories on why the dump site was chosen.
Think L.P. left out the direct reference to prostitution and just emphasized the craigslist on purpose out of respect for the dead. But I think we all knew why they advertised...
The "they" would imply more than one killer.
I also read an article that stated that this girl Shannan had her own driver there. This seems improbable as once she ran into trouble she would have ran to her driver instead of to the neighbors since her driver would have been there for protection as well as drive. I don’t think she had a driver and was taken to Oak Beach by her client who lived there or knew someone that owned the residence.
“They” could very well mean the driver who made the appointment and picked her up and the residence of the Oak Beach home.
V. Guy: Great point. They ought to search the records of residents in that area during the time period these girls went missing.
I don't understand how this is so slow and on t.v. it is so fast...
It's the decomposing bodies that smell!
The search for Shannan has spread to out along the Nassau County line, working westward from Jones Beach. Shannan Gilbert has been missing since May. It's time to find her and bring her home to her family.
They have found more bones on Jones Beach!
The remains that have been identified are all of young, white prostitutes and all found within a few miles of Oak Beach. The prostitute Shannan was last seen in Oak Beach subdivision crying out that someone was trying to kill her...my opinion is that this killer(s) has to be from Oak Beach.
Correct, the 9th set of remains have been found.
This sick individual needs to be stopped. He is walking among us and taking innocence and killing. It doesn't matter what their profession is.
Shannan Gilbert's family retraced her steps at Oak Beach, New York State Police Monday. Both sides of the Wantagh State Parkway from Merrick Road to Ocean Parkway, were searched. The parkway between Merrick Road and the Jones Beach water tower -- including the bike and pedestrian path -- were closed at 8 a.m. State Police said the expansion was not triggered by any new leads.
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