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Bodies found at LI beaches

Found: 12/11/2010 12/13/2010 03/29/2011 04/04/2011 04/11/2011 12/13/2011
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  • Name
    Location
    Description
  • Body found on December 13, 2011
    Oak Beach
    Remains of Shannan Gilbert, a Jersey City, N.J., woman and sex trade worker who went missing May 1, 2010. Her disappearance led to the discovery of the other remains. ... Zoom in
  • Skull found April 11, 2011
    West of Tobay Beach
    Unidentified woman's head found near Jones Beach April 11, linked to a pair of severed legs found a mile west of Davis Park at Blue Point Beach on Fire Island, in 1996. ... Zoom in
  • Human bones found April 11, 2011
    East of Zach's Bay, Jones Beach tower
    Found in a plastic bag less than 40 feet from Ocean Parkway -- 1.5 miles east of the Jones Beach tower. ... Zoom in
  • Body found April 4, 2011
    Found east of Cedar Beach Park
    Jane Doe No. 6. Police found a set of remains of an unidentified woman linked to a torso discovered Nov. 19, 2000 in Manorville. ... Zoom in
  • Body found April 4, 2011
    Found east of Cedar Beach Park
    Unidentified girl believed to be 16 to 32 months old, found wrapped in a blanket with no sign of trauma. Forensic evidence determined the child was non-Caucasian and there was no known connection between her and another body found 250 feet away. ... Zoom in
  • Body found April 4, 2011
    Just east of original bodies
    John Doe, believed to be an Asian male, in his late teens or early 20s. Police said he is about 5-foot-6 with poor dental health and he was found dressed in women's clothing. ... Zoom in
  • Body found March 29, 2011
    One mile east of original four bodies
    A skull, hands and forearms discovered were identified on May 9, as those of Jessica Taylor, who was killed in 2003. Her torso was found within a week after her death in a wooded area of Manorville near the Long Island Expressway. ... Zoom in
  • Body found Dec. 13, 2010
    Between Gilgo and Cedar
    Amber Lynn Costello, found strangled 500 feet west of the first body, also wrapped in burlap. ... Zoom in
  • Body found Dec. 13, 2010
    Between Gilgo and Cedar
    Maureen Brainard-Barnes, found 500 feet east of the first body, also wrapped in burlap. ... Zoom in
  • Body found Dec. 13, 2010
    Between Gilgo and Cedar
    Megan Waterman, found strangled 1,000 feet east of the first body, also wrapped in burlap. ... Zoom in
  • Body found Dec. 11, 2010
    Between Gilgo and Cedar
    Suffolk police found the first body -- later identified as Melissa Barthelemy -- wrapped in burlap while conducting a search for Shannan Gilbert, 24. ... Zoom in