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Interesting. I wonder if she spent time in FL: https://sun-sentinel.newspapers.com/article/108956620/fort-lauderdale-news/
They identified her in the autumn of 2022, so they most likely told him before he passed thankfully.Sadly, I believe her father passed in December 2022. Maybe he knew his daughter had been found just months before.
Is this the only picture they could find? Weird.Rbbm, Valentine's Day might prove to be pertinent in some way, imo, speculation.
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Suffolk County, New York, authorities on Friday identified a Gilgo Beach murder victim known as “Fire Island Jane Doe” as Karen Vergata, a 34-year-old escort from Manhattan who went missing on Valentine’s Day in 1996.
“I think it’s important that we remember and honor not only Ms. Vergata but all the victims on Gilgo Beach,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said at a news conference.
There are “no charges at this time” and investigators will continue to work on the case, Tierney said.''
She may have had photographs as an adult, but if they were booking photos, IMO, going with photos of her younger, but in a setting that isn't dehumanising for this press conference is the right call. So many of the women connected to this case by nature of their lives had booking photos taken, and those photos were, in all likelihood, the only ones from that latter part of their lives. Especially ones like Karen, in the pre-phone camera era. It was such a relief to finally see a photo of Jessica Taylor that wasn't that utterly defeated looking mugshot. Or Valerie Mack. I'm glad that the first picture I saw of Karen, she was smiling.Is this the only picture they could find? Weird.
This story is heartbreaking on so many levels, including the fact that there was no one to report her missing. Interesting that the NYP refers to her as a Gilgo victim, when her remains were not found on Gilgo Beach.![]()
Exclusive | Sons of newly-ID’d Gilgo victim Karen Vergata not notified about death until after presser
“He just thought [Vergata] was missing,” Eric Doherty’s girlfriend, Michelle Nolan, told The Post.nypost.com
Many weren't. Toddler Doe and Valerie Mack were on Cedar Beach, for example. Many dismembered victims were spread around - Manorville, Jones Beach Park...This story is heartbreaking on so many levels, including the fact that there was no one to report her missing. Interesting that the NYP refers to her as a Gilgo victim, when her remains were not found on Gilgo Beach.
I'm seriously wondering if they mixed up her recon with Valerie's, based on their living photos...Vergata's stepsister Brenda Breen said in an interview with Newsday Friday, that Vergata was born and raised in Glen Head and attended North Shore High School.
The family had always wondered what happened to her and after she was not located for many years the family assumed she was dead, Breen said.
Vergata's father, Dominic, hired a private investigator at one point and even turned over DNA to that investigator in hopes that it could be used to locate his daughter.
"He kind of wanted closure, I guess," Breen said, as she tended to the bushes outside the family home in Glenwood Landing. "They never found anything."
Dominic Vergata died in December.
Virginia Vergata, Karen's stepmother, declined to speak with reporters. She was informed by police that her stepdaughter's remains had been identified earlier this week, Breen said.
"It's nice to have closure," Breen added.
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Gilgo Beach killings: Investigators have identified 'Fire Island Jane Doe' as Karen Vergata
Vergata, who lived on West 45th Street in Manhattan and was last seen Feb. 14, 1996, worked as an escort, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.www.newsday.com
Right, but then why refer to them as Gilgo victims instead of LISK for example?Many weren't. Toddler Doe and Valerie Mack were on Cedar Beach, for example. Many dismembered victims were spread around - Manorville, Jones Beach Park...
I could be wrong, but I think the only ones actually found at Gilgo Beach proper were the GB4 and Asian Doe.
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The same reason why Ridgway is the Green River Killer when only five of his victims were found in the river. They were found 'first', they were found together (Ridgway's five river victims were in two clusters, I think? There was certainly one cluster of three.) and it made the biggest noise in the media. Even though Ridgway had been killing for a while, the five in the river made people sit up, take notice, and realise they had a serial offender.Right, but then why refer to them as Gilgo victims instead of LISK for example?