A carpenter named John Bittrolff, who was recently sentenced to prison for murdering two prostitutes, may be responsible for one or more of the unsolved deaths connected to the bodies discovered on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
“There are remains of the victims at Gilgo that may be attributed to the handiwork of Mr. Bittrolff, and that investigation is continuing,” Robert Biancavilla, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in New York, told the Associated Press.
The Gilgo Beach case, dubbed the “Long Island Serial Killer,” traces back to the discovery...
“There are remains of the victims at Gilgo that may be attributed to the handiwork of Mr. Bittrolff, and that investigation is continuing,” Robert Biancavilla, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in New York, told the Associated Press.
The Gilgo Beach case, dubbed the “Long Island Serial Killer,” traces back to the discovery...
- 9/13/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
The murder of Air Force veteran John Ray, which went unsolved for nine years, is profiled in detail tonight on Investigation Discovery’s Detective series. The 32-year-old was found dead in his home in Atlanta in May 2004 after being stabbed several times in his head and chest. He had been stabbed so gruesomely that the knife’s blade had broken off inside his body, according to reports. His TV and stereo along with his car were no longer at his property, but with no leads the case went cold until 2011 when it was reopened. Ray, who worked in the Fulton County...read more...
- 6/2/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
A Long Island escort has come forward with startling claims about Suffolk County’s disgraced former police chief who investigated the infamous Long Island Serial Killer case in which at least 10 bodies were discovered on Gilgo Beach.
The escort, identified only as Leanne, alleged at a Thursday press conference that former chief James Burke enlisted her services several times in 2011.
Leanne alleged she and Burke had a “mini tryst” between April and August of 2011. She described for reporters her alleged interactions with Burke, saying “he seemed to like to choke me” and that he was very “aggressive” with her.
A former confidential informant,...
The escort, identified only as Leanne, alleged at a Thursday press conference that former chief James Burke enlisted her services several times in 2011.
Leanne alleged she and Burke had a “mini tryst” between April and August of 2011. She described for reporters her alleged interactions with Burke, saying “he seemed to like to choke me” and that he was very “aggressive” with her.
A former confidential informant,...
- 12/15/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
After six years, at least 10 dead bodies and hours and hours of investigation, will there ever be justice in the Long Island Serial Killer case?
That’s the question put to a panel of People editors and true crime experts who gathered for the People Magazine Investigates After Show, which aired Monday night, to discuss and dissect the series premiere of People’s new crime show on Investigation Discovery.
The two-hour debut of People Magazine Investigates focused on the Long Island Serial Killer case, but left plenty of behind-the-scenes details to be discussed at the after show.
The topics included...
That’s the question put to a panel of People editors and true crime experts who gathered for the People Magazine Investigates After Show, which aired Monday night, to discuss and dissect the series premiere of People’s new crime show on Investigation Discovery.
The two-hour debut of People Magazine Investigates focused on the Long Island Serial Killer case, but left plenty of behind-the-scenes details to be discussed at the after show.
The topics included...
- 11/9/2016
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
The bodies of at least 10 victims have been found on New York’s Gilgo Beach. Are they connected? Subscribe to People now for details of the Long Island Serial Killer, on newsstands Friday.
In one of her final interviews before she was also killed, Mari Gilbert spoke to People of still pursuing justice for her 24-year-old daughter Shannan Gilbert — whose death six years ago helped uncover the Long Island Serial Killer.
“It is not easy,” said Mari, whose interview is featured in this week’s issue of People, on newsstands Friday. “I have to do what I need to do...
In one of her final interviews before she was also killed, Mari Gilbert spoke to People of still pursuing justice for her 24-year-old daughter Shannan Gilbert — whose death six years ago helped uncover the Long Island Serial Killer.
“It is not easy,” said Mari, whose interview is featured in this week’s issue of People, on newsstands Friday. “I have to do what I need to do...
- 10/27/2016
- by cpelisektimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Update: Congratulations are in order! Brooke White announced the arrival of her second child Sunday afternoon. "Happy Sunday!! Look who finally had a baby! We are so pleased to introduce you to our not so little- little man, Sonny John Ray. Pushed him out yesterday 9/3/16 at 7:08 pm at a whopping 9lbs 9oz and 22 in!" she shared on Instagram from the hospital room. "He's alert and amazing and already giving us smiles. couldn't be more obsessed with our butterball! Can't wait for him to meet his big sister. So grateful! More details to come on his birth, but I gotta feed a hungry kid!" ————— There's been a lot of buzz surrounding American Idol due...
- 9/4/2016
- E! Online
It's been more than five years since New York police discovered a mass grave at New York's Gilgo Beach in 2011. But the recent death of the motherof one of the deceased has brought the years-old case back into national headlines and the suspected Long Island serial killer back into the minds of many. The mother of Shannan Gilbert, the sex worker whose body was found near the mass grave, was found dead suffering stab wounds on Saturday. The woman's other daughter, Sarra, was charged with her murder. A missing-person's specialist said the family "never found closure" after Shannan's death, and...
- 7/27/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
It's been more than five years since New York police discovered a mass grave at New York's Gilgo Beach in 2011. But the recent death of the motherof one of the deceased has brought the years-old case back into national headlines and the suspected Long Island serial killer back into the minds of many. The mother of Shannan Gilbert, the sex worker whose body was found near the mass grave, was found dead suffering stab wounds on Saturday. The woman's other daughter, Sarra, was charged with her murder. A missing-person's specialist said the family "never found closure" after Shannan's death, and...
- 7/27/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Mental illness drove Sarra Gilbert to kill her mother, Mari Gilbert - five years after Sarra's sister was found dead near a suspected serial killer's mass grave in Long Island, New York - Mari's lawyer and others close to the family allege to People. "It was schizophrenia," attorney John Ray, tells People. "Sarra was hospitalized several times. Over the past couple of days she began to hear voices. She called her mother and said come over. ... And she stabbed her to death." Police say Mari's body was discovered in her daughter's home in Ellenville on Saturday. They arrested Sarra later...
- 7/25/2016
- by Kurt Pitzer, @pitzerkurt
- PEOPLE.com
He maybe 94, but Prince Philip's still got it! Queen Elizabeth's former naval officer husband has made Britain's GQ magazine's annual best-dressed men list - beating his grandson Prince Harry in the process. Stylish Prince Philip is ranked 12th, while Harry, 31, is in 38th place. "The Duke of Edinburgh embodies duty and decorum and comes across effortlessly in the way he dresses. He is always British, masculine and appropriate for his role," John Ray, creative director of London luxury brand Dunhill, said. The list is compiled by the staff of the magazine and a panel of experts from the worlds of fashion and celebrity,...
- 1/4/2016
- by Simon Perry, @SPerryPeoplemag
- PEOPLE.com
An 85-year-old nursing home patient was the victim of "disgraceful sexual perversion" when a male stripper gyrated in front of her against her will at the suburban West Babylon, N.Y., facility, an attorney for the woman's family said Tuesday. John Ray, the attorney for Bernice Youngblood and her family, displayed a picture of a man in white briefs dancing in front of the woman at East Neck Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in September 2012. The photo, which Ray said Youngblood's son found during a visit to his mother, shows the woman putting money into the dancer's waistband. Ray said Youngblood...
- 4/9/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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