Gilbert Attorney: Escort's Affidavit Implicates James Burke in GB Murders

[SageRhiannon]

I am hoping the upcoming documentary sheds more light on this.

 

[marble]

This is my summary of what I was able to get from the book. I am not sure this helps, but you never know.

Skeleton #1 found on 7/2/88 on Rt 140 - Debra Medeiros, 30, last seen late May 1988 - found on back, arms & legs thrust outward, feet toward highway - recently suffered a broken jaw, bones of mouth still wired together - Panties bunched, dropped to side; Bra still twisted around neck - short, small framed - prostitute, drug user.

Skeleton #2 found on 7/30/88 on I195 - Nancy Paiva, 36, last seen 7/7/88 - found on back, no clothing, feet toward highway - short, small framed - drug user.

Skeleton #3 found on 11/8/88 on I195 - Deborah Greenlaw DeMello, 35, last seen 7/11/88 - found clothing up in trees near body - some identified as belonging to other victims, in particular Nancy Paiva - jewelry belonging to Nancy also found at site - prostitute, drug user.

Skeleton #4 found on 11/29/88 on I195 - Dawn Mendes, 25, last seen 9/4/88 - prostitute, drug user.

Skeleton #5 found on 12/1/88 on Rt 140 - Deborah McConnell, 25, last seen May 1988 - fully clothed - a sack of spare clothes lay nearby - drug user.

Skeleton #6 found on 12/10/88 near I195 - Rochelle Clifford, 28, last seen late April 1988 - partially clothed - not right next to highway - possible prostitute, drug user.

Skeleton #7 found on 3/28/89 on Rt 140 - Robin Rhodes, 28, last seen April 1988 - drug user.

Skeleton #8 found on 3/30/89 on Rt 88 - Mary Rose Santos, 26, last seen 7/16/88 - no clothing - somewhat heavy framed - drug user.

Skeleton #9 found on 4/24/89 on I195 - Sandra Botelho, 24, last seen 8/11/88 - no clothing, body found in fetal position - Prostitute, drug user.

Missing:
Marilyn Roberts, 34, last seen June 1988
Christine Monteiro, 19, last seen late May 1988.

Other comments in book about victims:
Not all victims were prostitutes; Several of the skeletons found in fetal-like positions; Police collected articles of clothing with semen present; White pick up truck suspected as being involved.

That's interesting- so they have DNA!
I didn't realize that. being a cold case, I wonder if they've rerun it recently against any databases of convicted sex offenders. Or if the case is just languishing.

I lived not too far from the area when the bodies were discovered, and then a couple of years later ended up spending a lot of time on the New Bedford area where many of the women frequented (for grad school) as well as participating in an athletic group with a large number of people who were in recovery in Fall River. Some of these people travelled the same circles as the victims, so it was a topic that kept resurfacing.

I hope the advances in DNA research could help offer some leads or at least bring the NB case back into the spotlight.

A side note: most of the NB victims were ethnically Portuguese. For a while that seemed to be something that investigators honed in on, and their main POI were also largely Portuguese if I remember correctly. But that could just be a coincidence since New Bedford and Fall River had a huge Portuguese population at the time. Many immigrant families from Portugal and the Azores came to the area work in the fabric mills (Fall River) and fishing/shipping (New Bedford) industries. When those industries dried up, these communities were hit very hard and there was a lot of poverty within them.

 

[SageRhiannon]

That's interesting- so they have DNA!
I didn't realize that. being a cold case, I wonder if they've rerun it recently against any databases of convicted sex offenders. Or if the case is just languishing.

I lived not too far from the area when the bodies were discovered, and then a couple of years later ended up spending a lot of time on the New Bedford area where many of the women frequented (for grad school) as well as participating in an athletic group with a large number of people who were in recovery in Fall River. Some of these people travelled the same circles as the victims, so it was a topic that kept resurfacing.

I hope the advances in DNA research could help offer some leads or at least bring the NB case back into the spotlight.

A side note: most of the NB victims were ethnically Portuguese. For a while that seemed to be something that investigators honed in on, and their main POI were also largely Portuguese if I remember correctly. But that could just be a coincidence since New Bedford and Fall River had a huge Portuguese population at the time. Many immigrant families from Portugal and the Azores came to the area work in the fabric mills (Fall River) and fishing/shipping (New Bedford) industries. When those industries dried up, these communities were hit very hard and there was a lot of poverty within them.

I hope they still have the evidence & have or will run it for DNA, as they wouldn't have had the technology back in 1988.

 

[PictureSnatcher]

I just don't see the New Bedford murders being related and I strongly believe SK's mo evolve over time. It's just such a drastic difference that doesn't make much sense. He kills 11 people in 6 months, none dismembered all dumped along the same highway...then he goes back to LI and kills one or two people every few years, dismembers them and spreads their remains very far apart?

 

[PictureSnatcher]

Did any of the NB victims know each other? It's such a short time frame, and if many of them were living a similar lifestyle and Portuguese it sounds like the might run in the same circles?

 

[Micha07]

Read that where

I can't seem to find it in where I keep notes, thoughts and articles I've read on the case but IIRC an independent witness saw him approaching MP's car and talking to him on the night SG went missing. Or has that been discredited?

It's bugging me that I can't find it as I want to double check the source. When I do, I'll be happy to let you know.


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[Micha07]

What on earth does this mean?

For example, if you and I were in a phone call, I wouldn't think twice or hesitate if you called me Micha.

I have experience of having had both a legal name and a name that I go by.


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[SageRhiannon]

I just don't see the New Bedford murders being related and I strongly believe SK's mo evolve over time. It's just such a drastic difference that doesn't make much sense. He kills 11 people in 6 months, none dismembered all dumped along the same highway...then he goes back to LI and kills one or two people every few years, dismembers them and spreads their remains very far apart?

It makes sense to me because I do not believe the dismembered victims are related to G4.

 

[PictureSnatcher]

It makes sense to me because I do not believe the dismembered victims are related to G4.

Then it makes even less sense because you have a 20 year gap between victims lol

 

[SageRhiannon]

Then it makes even less sense because you have a 20 year gap between victims lol

Yes that gap is troublesome. I have a few other murders I believe may be related, but still a significant gap. There are SKs that take breaks & then return. If New Bedford is related, my only guess would be that the SK stopped for whatever reason or there are other victims attributed to him between those years.

 

[WesternArtist]

Yes that gap is troublesome. I have a few other murders I believe may be related, but still a significant gap. There are SKs that take breaks & then return. If New Bedford is related, my only guess would be that the SK stopped for whatever reason or there are other victims attributed to him between those years.

Which other murders in that gap do you think are related? There are a few that I think could be (just curious if there's any overlap)

 

[SageRhiannon]

Which other murders in that gap do you think are related? There are a few that I think could be (just curious if there's any overlap)

I think these 3 cases may be related:

Karen Everett, Waterbury CT, found Oct 1988
http://rte8murders.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-hunter-and-unidentified-caller.html?m=1

Mildred Alvarado, Waterbury CT, found Jan 1989
http://rte8murders.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-discovery-of-karen-everett.html?m=1

Katrina McVeigh missing from Woonsocket RI, May 1992
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/mcveigh_katrina.html

And I also feel the AC4 could he related, but I go back & forth on that.

Do any of those overlap with your list, Western?

 

[anxietykiller]

Its seekingarrangement. Leanne is someone very close to me.

And dwight was brought up to show you can sue a screen name.

LH is LISK. Depose me.

 

[anxietykiller]

Or he moved back to Long island. Also, note that there were women killed on the highway that one would take from massachusetts to the port jeff ferry in bridgeport back to CT. I believe these occurred while LH was in law school.

 

[anxietykiller]

DRossi, would you know by any chance if LH is keeping his current girlfriend doped up and away from her family?

 

[PictureSnatcher]

Got Links?

You can claim LH is SK all you want, but it seems like the only thing you've got is that he was in New Bedford sometime around the murders and nothing that relates to the LI cases. Do you have anything a little more compelling?

 

[anxietykiller]

Obviously, I have compelling evidence that the FBI has. I have shared lots of circumstantial evidence, but if you fail to see a link I cant really say I am surprised. Where did MCME go?

 

[anxietykiller]

The book is wrong. There is no DNA from New Bedford. The victims they linked, including 4 that aren't named, were too decomposed.

 

[SageRhiannon]

The book is wrong. There is no DNA from New Bedford. The victims they linked, including 4 that aren't named, were too decomposed.

Thanks for that updated info! Disappointing that there is no DNA.

 

[SageRhiannon]

Or he moved back to Long island. Also, note that there were women killed on the highway that one would take from massachusetts to the port jeff ferry in bridgeport back to CT. I believe these occurred while LH was in law school.

Are you referring to the ones I posted above? If so, I strongly believe there are a lot of similiarities.