12-13-2011, 01:23 PM
Fox
OAK BEACH, N.Y. – DEVELOPING: Investigators say they've recovered what appear to be the remains of a missing prostitute in a coastal marsh on New York's Long Island.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Police Commissioner Richard Dormer says investigators looking for the body of Shannon Gilbert of Jersey City, N.J., discovered skeletal remains at around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday in a dense thicket.
He says authorities believe it is Gilbert's corpse.
Police began searching for the 24-year-old last December when they came upon the first of what would become 10 homicide victims' remains. They were strewn along several miles of thicket along a parkway leading to Jones Beach.
Police believe a serial killer is responsible for those deaths. They think Gilbert may have drowned accidentally while fleeing a client's home for an unclear reason.
The remains were found in the same area.
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OAK BEACH, N.Y. – DEVELOPING: Investigators say they've recovered what appear to be the remains of a missing prostitute in a coastal marsh on New York's Long Island.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Police Commissioner Richard Dormer says investigators looking for the body of Shannon Gilbert of Jersey City, N.J., discovered skeletal remains at around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday in a dense thicket.
He says authorities believe it is Gilbert's corpse.
Police began searching for the 24-year-old last December when they came upon the first of what would become 10 homicide victims' remains. They were strewn along several miles of thicket along a parkway leading to Jones Beach.
Police believe a serial killer is responsible for those deaths. They think Gilbert may have drowned accidentally while fleeing a client's home for an unclear reason.
The remains were found in the same area.