@Danse_Macabre I took it to mean challenges related to the investigative aspect of geneology like smaller reference panels and a lack of paper trails. Don't know. But does anyone know if Nassau is doing this work with Peaches and Jane Doe #7's DNA? Also:
Serial Murder: Pathways for Investigations | Federal Bureau of Investigation
nb. Body Disposal Pathways and Investigative Suggestions, crime scenes, trophies, and profiling an unknown
serial offender who changed pathways.
One thing to know about Long Island re: the Pine Barrens and Ocean Parkway (and even the other big parks like Hempstead re: Peaches). If you grew up here like I did and you were thinking about places where you'd go to hide a dead body or multiple bodies, your obvious first choice would be the Pine Barrens. It's a forest surrounded by farms and small, quiet towns. But you'd soon realize that it's actually a ****** spot for a long-term solution because the woods are busy with hunters of all sorts, hikers, bikers, scientists doing conservation work. Where Mack and Taylor's bodies were placed was essentually right off the LIE. Our major highway, which is busy any time of year, any time of day or night. i.e. increased chance of discovery of the body and witness sightings.
The thing about Ocean Parkway is that you could quickly hop on the Robert Moses Causeway from any town in the vicinity (even up to the north shore via the Sagtikos), turn onto Ocean Parkway, dump a body, and quickly hop back on the Wantagh Parkway to get home. It's a loop system.
Every single Long Islander knows that stretch of road along the beach because we all grew up going to those beaches when we were kids. And our kids go to those beaches each summer - and so will their kids. Actually, that drive over the bridge and along the parkway gives you nostalgia, HUGE nastolgia, if you grew up here. To an outsider, it may seem creepy and remote, but we on LI all know that road well - and we all know how remote it is at night.
My point is that it
doesn't take a genius or someone with specialized knowledge to get to the conclusion LISK did: "Hmm I've just killed someone. Where can I put this person so that I don't get caught? I'll put half of her in the woods and half of her.... *Lightbulb!* down by the beach." And he's done. And in 10-40 minutes depending on his town, he's back home. If the Lattingtown/Gold Charm Jane Doe is part of LISK's victims, and I think she is, then you could assume LISK is familiar with the north shore and that's a horse of a different color. (Because not everyone on LI knows those small beaches and the small, private roads you take to get to them.)