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Lost Girls

An Unsolved American Mystery
Aug 11, 2013jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Updated today that a suspect has been identified as reported by NYTs: Suspect Arrested in Serial Killings of Women Near Gilgo Beach Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect who lives in Nassau County, was charged with killing three women and is the “prime suspect” in the death of a fourth woman. By Maria Cramer, William K. Rashbaum, Joseph Goldstein and Corey Kilgannon July 14, 2023 Updated 7:14 p.m. ET The bodies were unearthed near remote Gilgo Beach on Long Island’s South Shore more than a decade ago, terrifying residents and leaving the victims’ families bereft. In all, the remains of nine women, a man and a toddler were discovered. === The news instantly reminds of this gruesome case documented in this investigative novel and my comment posted a long time ago below: Readers were introduced to five young lives working as escorts who solicited Johns on the Craigslist and how their bodies were discovered along a short stretch of a Long Island shore. An eye opener on how the trade is conducted and its dangers. After bungled its initial response to a missing woman, the police spent enormous energy to pursue the case, ref. search photos from (A total of 10 sets of human remains found in the vicinity --- 150 photos from http://www.newsday.com/long-island/serial-killer/the-long-island-serial-killer-case-1.2539601#149 ) Mimi