MURDER OR ACCIDENT: HOW DID SHANNAN GILBERT DIE? (with clip)
Dec 18, 2011
"...On Dec. 6, 2011, a year-and-a-half after Shannan disappeared, they got their first big break.
"They found a pair of jeans, a pair of shoes, cellphone, a pocketbook with ID in the pocketbook belonging to Shannan Gilbert," Dormer told reporters at a press conference.
But still no Shannan. Investigators drained the wetlands. Then, on Dec. 13, the discovery so many had been hoping for... and yet dreading.
"We have this day, at approximately 9:14 a.m., located a set of skeletal remains," Dormer told reporters. "We believe at this time to belong to the missing Shannan Gilbert."
Shannan had never left Oak Beach after all:
2:00 a.m.: Shannan arrives at client Joe Brewer's house.
4:51 a.m.: Shannan makes that panicked call to 911
5:15 a.m.: Still on the call, she runs five houses down to neighbor Gus Colletti's door begging for help.
Around 5:30 a.m.: Shannan is spotted at Dr. Hackett's house. This is the area where her belongings were found. But her remains - were a quarter mile away-- and only 100 yards off of Ocean Parkway.
Asked if he believed Shannan Gilbert was murdered, Dormer told Moriarty," There's no evidence whatsoever to show that anyone was out to harm her that night..."
"She clearly was in fear for her life," noted Moriarty....
On Saturday, Dec. 17, the remains found at Oak Beach on Dec. 13, were positively identified as Shannan Gilbert. She was 23...."
Murder or accident: How did Shannan Gilbert die?
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