Tina Foglia
Partial remains were found by state highway workers who were picking up trash in several plastic bags along an exit ramp from the Southern State Parkway to the Sagtikos State Parkway in the North Bay Shore of Suffolk County, NY. According to a senior investigator, the Department of Transportation worker suspected the bags contained a body because of their shape, and as he got closer, he saw human hair.
February 3,1982Tina Foglia
Tiffany Dixon
Tiffany Dixon disappeared on October 10 1991 while walking to school in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. She lived on Hart Street in Bushwick
October 10, 1991Tiffany Dixon
Dicovery of Body Parts
Cops discovered 13 body parts in a lot at 236 8th Street in Park Slope. It was the dismembered partial remains of a woman whose hands, feet, head, arms, and legs were cut into two were found. Later on, identified as Sandra Acosta. She’d been strangled to death, drained of blood, and dismembered at the shoulders, elbows, thighs, knees, and ankles with a knife and chainsaw. Sandra Acosta’s torso was never found.
October 10, 1991Dicovery of Body Parts
Sandra Acosta
Sandra Acosta disappeared after last being seen at 185 Nevins Street in Brooklyn. Acosta was 4’11, 100 lbs and lived on Douglass Street in Park Slope.
October 10, 1991Sandra Acosta
Becky Detres
Two large garbage bags full of body parts in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Inside the two garbage bags were the dismembered remains of 27 year old Becky Detres. She’d been strangled and dismembered with a knife. Deters has grown up in Brooklyn and was short and thin with brown hair and eyes just like Sandra Acosta. Deters was known to use heroin and cocaine and reportedly worked as a sex worker, often around Classon Avenue and Fulton Street.
March 3, 1992Becky Detres
Sandra Costilla
Two hunters discovered 28-year-old Sandra Costilla's body in a wooded area in North Sea, Southampton, on Nov. 21, 1993
1993Sandra Costilla
Jane Doe Seven - Karen Vergata
February 14, 1996: Karen Vergata last seen. Human remains were located in Davis Park on Fire Island. DNA later linked these remains to another set of remains on April 11, 2011, along Ocean Parkway, in Nassau County. These remains, known as Jane Doe Seven, were identified in July 2023 as Karen Vergata
April 20, 1996Jane Doe Seven - Karen Vergata
Peaches
he dismembered torso of a young African-American female was found in Hempstead Lake State Park, New York. She had a tattoo of a heart-shaped peach on her left breast and was given the name "Peaches." Police estimate she had died less than 3 days before being discovered. Learn More About Peaches
June 28, 1997Peaches
Valerie Mack
Remains of Manorville Jane Doe/Jane Doe number Six, later identified as Valerie Mack, are discovered in Manorville.
November 18, 2000Valerie Mack
Jessica Taylor
Remains of Jessica Taylor are discovered in Manorville. Partial skeletal remains of Jessica Taylor were later located near Gilgo Beach on March 29, 2011
July 26, 2003Jessica Taylor
Victoria Camara
Steven Webb, a gravel truck driver, discovered the body of a Hispanic female in the desert area just south of the haul road located approximately 1200 feet west of US 95, mile marker 52.
August 11, 2003Victoria Camara
Jodi Marie Brewer
Jodi Marie Brewer disappeared from Las Vegas 20 years ago on Aug. 14, 2003, when she was 19
August 14, 2003Jodi Marie Brewer
Victoria Camara body identified
The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed the identity. It's believed Camara was murdered in the Las Vegas area; LVMPD homicide took over the investigation. Bolder City Police Detectives and LVMPD Detectives identified the body of the female as Victoria Camara.
August 22, 2003Victoria Camara body identified
Body found in Manorville
A body was found south of the Long Island Expressway in Manorville. Hunters discovered the body in a wooded area several hundred yards from the expressway. Autopsy results were inconclusive (per the newspaper articles linked blow). The victim was Caucasian, 35 to 50 years old, about 5-foot-6 and had died up to four months earlier
November 10, 2003Body found in Manorville
A suitcase containing the dismembered torso
A suitcase containing the dismembered torso of an unidentified Hispanic or light-skinned African-American female washed up on a beach at Harbor Island Park, in the town of Mamaroneck. The victim had a tattoo of two cherries on her left breast, which was similar in appearance to the tattoo found on Peaches. Never identified, the victim is referred to as "Cherries" by investigators. "Cherries" was dismembered in a fashion similar to three other victims: Jessica Taylor, "Peaches", and "Jane Doe No. 6", meaning she may be linked to the other official victims.
March 3, 2007A suitcase containing the dismembered torso
Maureen Brainard-Barnes
Maureen Brainard-Barnes (25) was last seen in her room at the Super 8 Hotel in midtown Manhattan. She had left her home in Norwich, CT, to meet a client she had booked through Craigslist. She was reported missing on July 14, 2007. Maureen's body would be found on December 13, 2010, beside Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. She had been strangled
July 9, 2007Maureen Brainard-Barnes
Melissa Barthelemy
Melissa Barthelemy (24) was last seen outside her apartment on Underhill Avenue in the Bronx. She had arranged for a $1,000 date with a client the next night somewhere on Long Island. After her disappearance, her sister received several phone calls from a man using Melissa's cell phone and claiming to be her killer.
July 12, 2009Melissa Barthelemy
Megan Waterman
Security video footage shows Megan leaving the hotel alone at 1:30 AM. witness spotted Megan outside, walking toward a convenience store, and that was the last sighting of Megan Waterman. June 6 at 11: 00 am, Cruz called her grandmother in Scarborough (according to Megan’s mother) inquiring if they heard from Megan. He said she was missing. He said they had to wait 48 hours for the police to listen. Megan Waterman was 22 years old when she was last seen on June 6, 2010 leaving her hotel Holiday Inn Express, located at 2050 Express Drive South in Hauppauge.
June 6, 2010Megan Waterman
Amber Lynn Costello
Amber Lynn Costello (27) was last seen by her roommate leaving her home in North Babylon to meet a client. The client had called three or four times and offered Amber $1,500 for her services.
September 2, 2010Amber Lynn Costello
Melissa Barthelemy
During the search for Shannan Gilbert, the Suffolk County Police Department’s Canine Unit discovers human remains, later identified as Melissa Barthelemy.
December 11, 2010Melissa Barthelemy
Police discovered Amber
Police discovered Amber's body on December 13, 2010, beside Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. She had been strangled.
December 13, 2010Police discovered Amber
Police reveal the identities of victims
Police reveal the identities of three remaining victims: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello. Megan Waterman These four victims are referred to as the "Gilgo Beach Four."
January 24, 2010Police reveal the identities of victims
Jessica Taylor
Partial skeletal remains are located east of the December 2010 discovery site along Ocean Parkway, matching the remains of Jessica Taylor, previously located on January 26, 2003.
March 29, 2011Jessica Taylor
additional remains of Jessica Taylor
Police return to Gilgo Beach to search for Shannan Gilbert. One mile East of the original site, police discover a skull, forearm, and hands. These would later be identified as additional remains of Jessica Taylor, whose torso was found in Manorville in 2003
March 29, 2011additional remains of Jessica Taylor
Discovery of more possible human remain
Police confirm the discovery of human remains at a site east of the original search location. Police find a skull, hands, and forearm, later verified to be additional remains of Jessica Taylor, the woman whose torso was found in Manorville in 2003. Other human remains are also found along Ocean Parkway, three-quarters of a mile east of where the first four bodies were discovered.
March 30, 2011Discovery of more possible human remain
Police discovered the fifth set of remains
Police discovered the fifth set of remains but those remains are not those of Shannan Gilbert.
March 31, 2011Police discovered the fifth set of remains
Multiple victims Found
Three sets of remains are located along Ocean Parkway. One set is determined to be of a female toddler and another of an Asian male. Neither victim has been identified. The third set, known as Jane Doe Six, was later identified as Valerie Mack, whose partial remains were located in Manorville on November 19, 2000.
April 4, 2011Multiple victims Found
The body of an Asian male
John Doe #8 - Found The body of an Asian male dressed in women’s clothing was discovered. The victim may have been transgender. The cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma to the head. Police believe he died sometime between five and ten years prior to his remains being found.. May have suffered from a musculoskeletal condition that affected their gait. Missing two molars as well as one of his top front teeth Predicted age between 17 and 23 Approximately 5ft6 in height He was wearing woman's clothing when he was found
April 4, 2011The body of an Asian male
Taunting phone calls made by a killer
A series of taunting phone calls made to the Barthelemy sister of one of the victims — calls that the police suspect came from the killer — were made from in or around some of the most crowded locations in New York City, including Madison Square Garden and Times Square. Killer’s use of disposable cellphones to contact the four victims who have been identified — women in their 20s who advertised their services on Craigslist. The caller kept each of his vulgar, mocking and insulting calls to less than three minutes, according to the dead woman’s mother, Lynn Barthelemy. The caller made about a half-dozen calls over roughly five weeks to the victim’s sister.
April 8, 2011Taunting phone calls made by a killer
Police uncover two more sets of remains in two separate locations.
The first discovery: female bones and jewelry found near the Jones Beach water tower. Described as "Jane Doe No. 3". DNA testing determines this is the same victim as Peaches and that she is the mother of the child (Baby Doe) found the week prior along Ocean Parkway. The second: a skull discovered west of Tobay Beach in Nassau County is later determined to be that of the Jane Doe No. 7 torso found in 1996 on Fire Island. A plastic bag containing upper and lower extremities was found near Jones Beach State Park. DNA testing later determined that this victim referred to as "Jane Doe #3," was the mother of the child found the week prior. A skull was discovered along Ocean Parkway west of Tobay Beach. This victim was referred to as "Jane Doe #7" and was later linked to the "Fire Island Jane Doe" whose legs were found in 1996 on Fire Island Police discovered skeletal human remains inside a plastic bag near Jones Beach State Park, referred to as "Jane Doe #3.
April 11, 2011Police uncover two more sets of remains in two separate locations.
Spota There is no evidence that all of these remains are the work of a single killer;
There is no evidence that all of these remains are the work of a single killer; in light of the six latest discoveries, Spota revises his theory of the case, announcing “There is no evidence that all of these remains are the work of a single killer.”
May 9. 2011Spota There is no evidence that all of these remains are the work of a single killer;
Police looking for possible links
Suffolk Police reveal they are reviewing other homicide cases for possible links to the bodies found along Ocean Parkway. The only case specifically mentioned is Tanya Rush, whose body was found on June 27, 2008 in Bellmore. The New York Post reported that Long Island police were revisiting other similar unsolved murders of prostitutes. Named in the article was Tanya Rush (39), a mother of three from Brooklyn whose dismembered body was found on June 27, 2008.
May 17, 2011Police looking for possible links
The rest Remains Manorville Jane Doe
A skull, hands, and foot were found and referred to as "Jane Doe #6." These remains were later linked to the Manorville Jane Doe, whose torso was found in Manorville in 2000. Sketches were released in September 2011.3 An unidentified female toddler referred to as "Baby Doe." She was found wrapped in a blanket with no apparent signs of trauma.
September 11, 2011The rest Remains Manorville Jane Doe
Sandra Costilla
November 21, 1993 Body of Sandra Costilla was found.
1993Sandra Costilla
More Remains Found
Two sets of remains are located off of Ocean Parkway in Nassau County, seven miles west of Gilgo Beach. One set of remains was determined to be the mother of the female toddler discovered on April 4, 2011. The second set, known as Jane Doe Seven, were confirmed to belong to the same victim whose remains were located in Davis Park in 1996.
November 11, 2011More Remains Found
Police says Shannan Gilbert Not Connected
Richard Dormer reveals that police now believe one serial killer is responsible and that Shannan Gilbert's case is unconnected. Dormer states: "We believe that it's just a coincidence that she went missing in Oak Beach and the bodies were found on Gilgo Beach."
November 29, 2011Police says Shannan Gilbert Not Connected
Shannan Gilbert’s phone and purse located.
December 2011, Suffolk County Police found Shannan Gilbert’s purse and mobile phone in Oak Beach marshland.
December 7, 2011Shannan Gilbert’s phone and purse located.
Shannan Gilbert’s remains were located.
A quarter-mile east of her belongings, Shannan Gilbert’s remains were located.
December 9, 2011Shannan Gilbert’s remains were located.
Shannan Gilbert’s First autopsy
The Suffolk County medical examiner took four days to perform an autopsy, but Richard Dormer preemptively announced Shannan's death as an accidental drowning due to the location of her body without having the results, which rightfully angered her surviving family members. Soon after, an official ruling could not be concluded, thus determining Shannan's death as inconclusive.
December 14, 2011Shannan Gilbert’s First autopsy
Skeletal remains discovered
Skeletal remains were discovered in a wooded area off North Street, west of Wading River Road. The body was wrapped in bed sheets, a plastic bag, and duct tape. Police determined the victim was a male and estimated the body had been there for at least five years.
February 17, 2012Skeletal remains discovered
Body was discovered in Manorville
A female body was discovered in a heavily wooded Manorville Hills County Park area about 100 yards off the nearest dirt road. The body had been in a wooded area for "at least a week." Police stated the case was being treated as a homicide but declined to describe any obvious wounds found on the body.
March 21, 2012Body was discovered in Manorville
A lawsuit was filed by mother, Mari Gilbert
A lawsuit was filed by her mother, Mari Gilbert, against the Suffolk County Police Department in the hopes of getting more answers about what happened to her daughter the night she went missing.
November 15, 2012A lawsuit was filed by mother, Mari Gilbert
stolen bag from Chief of Police James Burke’s SUV
Christopher Loeb stole a bag from Suffolk Chief of Police James Burke’s SUV. While Loeb was in police custody he was threatened and assaulted by Burke, who allegedly coerced police who witnessed the incident to lie to federal investigators about what they saw. The bag contained Burke’s gun belt, ammunition, sex toys, pornography, and other items. According to Loeb the pornography was snuff films depicting a woman being tortured.
December 12, 2012stolen bag from Chief of Police James Burke’s SUV
FBI investigation into Burke
May 2013, the FBI and the US Attorney's Office opened an investigation into alleged actions by Burke when employed as Chief of the Suffolk County Police Department, namely the alleged assault of a suspect in police custody, a subsequent cover-up, and coercion of witnesses
January 5, 2013FBI investigation into Burke
The remains of a woman were discovered intentionally buried in a small piece of brush
The remains of a woman were discovered intentionally buried in a small piece of brush in a sandy area along the shore at the end of Sheep Lane in Lattingtown, near Oyster Bay. The remains are believed to be of a woman between the ages of 20 and 30, possibly Asian. She was wearing a 22-karat gold pig pendant, which may be a reference in some Asian cultures to "The Year of the Pig." There was trauma caused to her bones. Investigators believe she was buried before Hurricane Sandy in late 2012.
January 23, 2013The remains of a woman were discovered intentionally buried in a small piece of brush
Natasha Jugo
Natasha Jugo (31) was last seen leaving her home near Alley Pond Park, Queens. Her car was found along Ocean Parkway and some of her clothes and belongings were found in the sand near Gilgo Beach the following day. Jugo was described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a black robe, pink pajamas, a gray hooded sweatshirt, a black coat, and black boots. Jugo's family said that she had "a history of problems in which she thought people were following her". Police are unsure whether the case is connected to the LISK victims."
March 16, 2013Natasha Jugo
Natasha Jugo Body Discovered
Natasha Jugo's body was discovered washed up on Gilgo Beach.
June 24, 2013Natasha Jugo Body Discovered
2nd Autopsy Shannan Gilbert
Due to the controversy about Shannan Gilbert's death, forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden agreed to conduct an independent autopsy of her remains in hopes of determining a clear cause of death. Upon examination of Gilbert's remains, Baden found damage to her hyoid bone, suggesting that strangulation may have occurred. Baden also noted that her body was found face-up, which is not common for drowning victims. Despite this, her death is still officially listed by police as an accident
September 5, 20142nd Autopsy Shannan Gilbert
Burke, who resigned & was reported to have blocked FBI involvement
October 2015, was reported that Burke to have blocked FBI involvement in the Gilgo Beach cases for years. The FBI had previously assisted in the search for victims but had never officially been a part of the investigation. In November 2016, Burke was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for assault and conspiracy.
October 5, 2015Burke, who resigned & was reported to have blocked FBI involvement
FBI had officially joined the investigation
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini announced that the FBI had officially joined the investigation. The day before, former Police Commissioner James Burke resigned in October and was indicted for alleged police brutality and other issues. He was said to have blocked FBI involvement in the LISK cases for years. A spokesperson for the FBI confirmed their official involvement. The FBI had previously assisted in the search for victims but was never officially part of the investigation.
December 10, 2015FBI had officially joined the investigation
Mari Gilbert, was murdered in her home in Ellenville, New York
Shannan Gilbert’s mother, Mari Gilbert, was murdered in her home in Ellenville, New York. Later that day, her younger daughter, Sarra Elizabeth Gilbert, was arrested and charged with the stabbing death of her mother
July 23, 2016