Gilgo Beach murders tragic in many ways
New York State Police began searching both sides of the Wantagh State Parkway from Merrick Road to Ocean Parkway, marking the first time they have moved off the barrier island. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitster (May 2, 2011)
In the 1980s four beautiful girls were born ["More than one killer to hunt," News, May 10]. Their names were Maureen, Melissa, Megan and Amber. They were precious daughters, sisters, friends, students. They had dreams and goals like everyone else. They laughed and cried, smiled, enjoyed their families. They were human beings. To label them as prostitutes is degrading and grossly unfair.
Yes, we get it, they met someone through Craigslist. End of discussion. They are just as important as any other young women. The label of prostitute does not change the amount of grief that these families are going through.
So Newsday and every other paper or magazine needs to see these beautiful women for who they were. The media should spend time with their families and learn about their lives.
These four precious girls shared the Earth with everyone else. It is time to give them the respect that they so definitely deserve.
Geraldine O'Keeffe, Saint James
Ocean Parkway, the road and the environment on which it rests, is one of our great treasures. To see what is unfolding along it is beyond sad. To all Long Islanders and the millions who have visited that stretch of beach, it will always be a place of unspoiled nature that has been preserved for us and future generations.
That some people have so violated the beauty and remoteness of this area with deeds of evil will never change our thoughts of what we all know as a place to be viewed in awe.
Wendell S. Storms, Levittown
