The blonde-haired, hazel-eyed woman, like three other victims that would soon be included in the “Gilgo Four,” worked as a Craigslist escort, according to police. RELATED: 'This Case Is Solvable': New Task Force Aims To Solve Long Island Serial Killer Case He said his niece “had the most wonderful personality I’ve ever seen,” Martina said. Her uncle Jim Martina told the outlet that she was drawn to the city’s appeal as a center of commerce. “And originally when she moved to New York, she was working in a salon." “She wanted to make money for a salon of her own,” her mother Lynn told New York Magazine. She was tiny - standing at only 4 foot 10 inches and weighing just 95 pounds according to her missing poster - but she had big dreams of owning a business. She then got her cosmetology license and worked briefly at a Supercuts.īarthelemy moved to the Bronx in 2007 at age 20. She grew up in upstate New York and graduated from South Park High School in Buffalo, the Wall Street Journal reported in early 2011, when the known body count was still at four. They're just, 'Oh, a missing prostitute.'" "Not as the missing sister, the missing aunt. "I believe they judged her by her profession and not as a person," she said. She echoed her mother's sentiment put forth in the new movie. Shannan's sister Sarra Gilbert told CBS News' "48 Hours" back in 2011 that she felt like her sister was being unfairly judged by police. “They’re not here to defend themselves, so I have to do it,” Lorraine Ela, mother of one of the victims said at a memorial for several victims in 2012, reported at the time. All the while, the families of victims fought to make sure that their slain relatives were remembered as more than sex workers. While the circumstances surrounding Shannan's death remain unclear, one thing is certain: her disappearance heralded the grim discovery that a serial killer has been dumping bodies along Gilgo Beach on Long Island. RELATED: 'These People Are Trying To Kill Me:' Shannan Gilbert 911 Tape Released In LISK Case The elusive murderer, or murderers, known as the "Long Island Serial Killer," the "Gilgo Beach Killer," and the "Craigslist Ripper" has been officially tied by law enforcement to the slayings of 10 people. There were an additional six bodies - including Shannan's - found around Long Island beaches, that have not been officially linked to the serial killings, but theories have been put forth that their deaths could also be connected. The relatives of these friends, sisters, mothers, and daughters connected with one another as investigators began to realize that there was a killer on the loose. In total, they found the remains of 11 victims. But then, little by little police found more and more bodies along the stretch of water. When police began digging on the beaches of Long Island, they uncovered what they thought were the remains of Shannan Gilbert, whose family was relentless in their search for answers. The agencies said they hoped to "reinvigorate" the case through new avenues of investigation. The arrest comes after the Suffolk County, FBI, and New York State Police launched a new investigative task force in February 2022. UPDATE: Police have arrested a suspect in connection to a string of killings that have been referred to as the Gilgo Beach Murders.
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