Gilgo Beach killings: Victims memorialized on park benches near where remains were found..The Gilgo Beach homicide victims will be permanently remembered on park benches that bear their names, alongside a quiet seaside stretch of Ocean Parkway that once served as a graveyard for their remains.
Three memorial benches are perched along the 13.7-mile-long Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway bike path on the barrier island near Gilgo Beach. The roughly $6,300 effort completed last fall was funded by the Town of Babylon, said Thomas Stay, the town’s chief of staff.
"It hopefully sends a message to the family that 'you're not alone,'" Stay said, adding that the town also collaborated with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. "It's a simple thing, but we hope it goes a long way for those families and anyone else that has been affected by these crimes."
"It's a simple thing, but we hope it goes a long way for those families and anyone else that has been affected by these crimes," said Thomas Stay, Town of Babylon chief of staff.
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