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The '''Gilgo Beach serial killings''' were a [[serial killer|series of murders]] spanning from the early 1990s until 2011. Many of the victims' remains were found over a period of months in 2010 and 2011 during a police search of the area along [[Ocean Parkway (Long Island)|Ocean Parkway]], near the remote beach town of [[Gilgo, New York|Gilgo]] in [[Suffolk County, New York]]. The search was prompted by the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, who, like many of the known victims,
The remains of four victims designated "The Gilgo Four" were found within a quarter of a mile of each other near Gilgo Beach in December 2010. Six more sets of remains were found in March and April 2011 in Suffolk and [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] counties.<ref name=WNYW>{{cite news |url=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/8-sets-of-remains-recovered-from-beach-20110404 |title=8 Sets Of Remains Now Found On Beach |work= myfoxny.com | publisher= [[WNYW]] |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407094557/http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/8-sets-of-remains-recovered-from-beach-20110404 |archive-date=April 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name=FoxNews>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/04/search-resumes-new-york-beach-victims-online-escort-murders |title=3 More Sets of Human Remains Found on New York Beach |work= foxnews.com | publisher= [[Fox News]] |access-date=April 9, 2016|date=April 4, 2011 |archive-date=March 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315123750/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/04/search-resumes-new-york-beach-victims-online-escort-murders/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name='cbs'>{{cite news |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/11/investigators-of-gilgo-beach-victims-expand-search-on-l-i |title=Cops Confirm New Remains Human; Skull Also Found Along Ocean Parkway |work= newyork.cbslocal.com |publisher= CBS |location=New York |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072830/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/11/investigators-of-gilgo-beach-victims-expand-search-on-l-i/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Police believe the latter sets of remains predate the four bodies found in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/13/latest-remains-ny-beach-victims-long-island-serial-killer-726616671/ |title=Latest Remains Found on N.Y. Beach Could be Victims of Another Long Island Serial Killer |work= foxnews.com| publisher= Fox News |date=April 13, 2011 |access-date=April 13, 2011 |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110429145139/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/13/latest-remains-ny-beach-victims-long-island-serial-killer-726616671/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Gilbert's remains were found a year after the remains of "The Gilgo Four" were discovered, approximately [https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/15/us/gilgo-beach-murder-case-timeline nine miles] from where the 10 sets of remains had been found. [https://people.com/shannan-gilbert-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-not-considered-murder-authorities-8652815 Authorities] believe Gilbert became lost in the marsh land and died either from exposure or accidental drowning.
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