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Re: Gilgo - 2 serial killers - can someone post Newsday article?
DA: More than one Gilgo killer
Originally published: May 9, 2011 2:48 PM
Updated: May 9, 2011 2:56 PM
By WILL VAN SANT [email protected]
Nassau County police search in tangled brush along
More than one killer has dumped bodies on Suffolk County's barrier beaches, and two sets of body parts found there in April match remains discovered in Manorville in 2000 and 2003, law enforcement officials said.
Those are among several revelations made Monday by Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota that add new dimensions to a case that's drawn the involvement of several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and state police.
Spota said authorities are now convinced that four bodies found at Gilgo Beach in December suffered the same trauma and are the victims of the same killer.
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Of the four other sets of remains found since that time, Spota said one of them has been identified as Jessica Taylor. In 2003 Taylor's body was found in a wooded area in Manorville, her head, hands and forearm missing. Spota said it was those parts that were found on March 29 along Ocean Parkway.
Prior to her disappearance, Taylor had worked as a prostitute in Washington, D.C., and briefly in Manhattan, Spota said.
A woman's head, hands and right foot found April 4 along Ocean Parkway, Spota said, were matched by DNA to the body of an unidentified woman also found in a wooded area of Manorville in 2000. Spota said the manner of disposal was similar to Taylor's and the two cases may be linked, but they are not the work of the killer of the four women found in December.
Spota said a toddler found in the area has been identified as a female, 18 to 24 months old. She was wrapped in a blanket, he said, and it's not been determined whether she was the victim of a homicide.
A body found on April 4 in the area, Spota said, is that of an Asian male in his late teens or early 20s. The man was a homicide victim, Spota said, but his death was "radically different" and is not thought to be related to any of the other bodies found.
"It is clear that the area in and around Gilgo Beach has been used to discard human remains for some period of time," Spota said in a statement. "As distasteful and disturbing as that is, there is no evidence that all of these remains are the work of a single killer."
The identifications Monday represent one of the biggest breaks in a sprawling police investigation into the discovery of up to 10 sets of human remains found along the South Shore barrier beach island.
At least four of the remains, all found in December near Gilgo Beach, appear to be the work of a serial killer, police say. The victims were all young white women, working as prostitutes, and were killed in a similar manner and laid off Ocean Parkway in burlap, police said.
On March 29, another set of skeletal remains were found to the east of the first four. By April 5, police searches turned up another three sets of remains near Cedar Beach.
Two more sets of remains were soon found on the island's western side, in Nassau County.
The bodies were found by a Suffolk police dog and its handler on a training mission in search of a different missing woman: Shannan Gilbert, 24, of Jersey City. Gilbert, who police say worked as a prostitute, went missing on May 1, 2010 after meeting a client in Oak Beach. She remains missing and police continue investigating.
Her disappearance led police to discover the body of Melissa Barthelemy, 24, of the Bronx, on Dec. 11. Barthelemy, who police say worked as a prostitute, went missing on July 12, 2009.
Two days later, police discovered the bodies of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Connecticut (last seen July 9, 2007); Megan Waterman, 22, of Maine (last seen June 6); and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, of Lindenhurst (last seen Sept. 2).
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