Body search in serial killer case expands
Originally published: April 29, 2011 3:24 PM
Updated: April 29, 2011 3:35 PM
I bet that FBI helicopter found some human remains along the Wantagh Parkway using that high tech camera. I bet that camera can pickup human remains and they may have found some along there. I wouldn't be surprised if they expanded the search to include the Robert Moses Causeway as well.
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Authorities plan to expand their search on Monday beyond the South Shore barrier island where police over the past four or so months have found 10 sets of human remains.
Starting at 9 a.m., New York State Police will search the Wantagh State Parkway from Merrick Road to Ocean Parkway, the agency said Friday in a news release.
The portion of the parkway that's south of Merrick Road -- including the bike and pedestrian path -- will be closed "for an indeterminate amount of time," police said.
Police did not explain why the search is expanding.
The barrier island searches have been redone and expanded repeatedly since December, when a police dog and his handler at Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County stumbled on the first of four burlap-wrapped remains of what turned out to be slain women who worked as prostitutes. On March 29, cops found a fifth set of remains east of Gilgo, and a week later, found three more nearby. On April 11, police in Nassau County found what sources say are a set of extremities and a woman's skull. Last week, searchers found two human teeth nearby that they suspect are from the skull.
So far, only the four initially discovered remains have been identified. Forensic experts are working to identify the other six, police said.
The grisly discoveries have raised the specter of multiple serial killers using the barrier island as a dumping ground. Police have said they don't have a suspect or suspects.
Shannan Gilbert, a Jersey City prostitute whose disappearance May 1, 2010, from a john's home in Oak Beach prompted the December search, remains missing.