GILGO BEACH — 2010 · Serial Murder
The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
Searching for a young woman missing on Long Island since May 2010, police found human remains in the brush along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in December 2010. Searches that continued until April 2011 uncovered the remains of at least ten people, most of them young women who worked as escorts. In July 2023 an architect who worked in Manhattan was arrested after being identified through burner-phone data and DNA analysis. According to the current Wikipedia record, he pleaded guilty in April 2026 to the seven murders he was charged with and in June 2026 was sentenced to life without parole. No charge was brought over the death of the woman whose search began the inquiry.
- Date
- 2010
- Place
- Long Island, New York, USA, Gilgo Beach, US
- Category
- Serial Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 40.6162, -73.3934 ↗
Timeline of Events
- May 2010A young woman went missing on Long Island, prompting a search.
- 11 December 2010The first remains were found along Ocean Parkway.
- April 2011By the end of the searches more than ten sets of remains had been found.
- 13 July 2023An architect was arrested and charged with the first three murders.
- June 2026Having pleaded guilty to seven murders, he received life without parole.
Sources
- Newsday — Gilgo Beach serial killings: suspect charged with 3 murders newsday.com ↗
- NPR — Gilgo Beach serial killer murders (2024) npr.org ↗
- Wikipedia — Gilgo Beach serial killings en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Newsday
- NPR
- Wikipedia
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