Gilgo Beach serial killings: Difference between revisions

* Jessica Taylor, 20, most recently of Manhattan, went missing in July 2003. On July 26, 2003, her naked and dismembered torso, missing its head and hands, was discovered 45 miles east of Gilgo Beach in Manorville, New York;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/nyregion/4-bodies-leave-hamlet-on-edge.html|title=4 Bodies Leave Hamlet On Edge|date=December 14, 2003|work=nytimes.com|first=Julia C.|last=Mead}}</ref> these remains were identified by DNA analysis later that year. Taylor's torso was found atop a pile of scrap wood at the end of a paved access road off of Halsey Manor Road, just north of where it crosses the Long Island Expressway. Plastic sheeting was found underneath the torso, and a tattoo on her body had been mutilated with a sharp instrument.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/nyregion/in-brief-a-manorville-body-is-identified.html|title=A Manorville Body Is Identified|date=February 8, 2004|work=The New York Times|first=Julia C.|last=Mead}}</ref> On May 9, 2011, it was reported that the remains of a skull, a pair of hands, and a forearm found on March 29 at Gilgo belonged to Taylor.<ref>[http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/03/24/long-islands-other-serial-killer/ Long Island's Other Serial Killer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809175201/http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/03/24/long-islands-other-serial-killer/ |date=2012-08-09 }}, LongIslandPress.com; accessed April 9, 2016.</ref><ref name="newsday.com"/> She had worked in [[Washington, D.C.]], and Manhattan as a prostitute.<ref name=LIkiller/><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385327/Craiglist-ripper-At-TWO-killers-dumped-bodies-Long-Island.html "'Craigslist Ripper' police reveal at least TWO killers dumped bodies on Long Island beach as new victim is identified"], dailymail.co.uk; retrieved May 9, 2011.</ref> The remains of "Jane Doe No. 6" were also found both in Manorville (torso) and on Gilgo Beach (head, hands and foot).<ref>[http://www.fox19.com/story/20306209/11-bodies-2-years-later-long-island-serial-killer-still-on-the-loose 11 Bodies 2 years later, LI Serial Killer Still on the Loose], Fox19.com; accessed April 9, 2016.</ref>

*{{cite news|author= Gallucci, Jaclyn|url= http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/10/21/lost-girls-when-women-go-missing-on-long-island-some-matter-prostitutes-dont/|title= Lost Girls: When Women Go Missing, Some Matter, Prostitutes Don't|work= Long Island Press|date= October 21, 2010|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120809164047/http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/10/21/lost-girls-when-women-go-missing-on-long-island-some-matter-prostitutes-dont/|archivedate= August 9, 2012|df= }}

* {{cite news|author=Gallucci, Jaclyn|url=http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/07/12/girls-disappearing-behind-the-headlines-of-the-long-island-serial-killer/ |title=Girls Disappearing: Behind the Headlines of The Long Island Serial Killer Case|work=Long Island Press|date=July 12, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815021520/http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/07/12/girls-disappearing-behind-the-headlines-of-the-long-island-serial-killer/|archivedate=August 15, 2012|df=}}