In May of 2010, a 23-year-old woman went missing after meeting at a client’s house on Long Island. Her last known interaction can be heard on a strange and eerie 911 call that was over 20 minutes long. The woman’s body was discovered 19 months after she disappeared on a beach in the neighborhood from which she vanished. But she was not alone. Also buried on the beach were ten other bodies, all of which are believed to have been claimed by the prolific Long Island Serial Killer. This is the story of Shannan Gilbert.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/Vics/melissabarthelemy

2. Heavy: https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/03/mari-gilbert-daughters-real-life-today/

3. Cosmopolitan: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a31468650/lost-girls-netflix-true-story/

4. Slate: https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/07/a-long-island-serial-killer-who-targeted-prostitutes-murdered-melissa-barthelemy-the-case-remains-unsolved.html

5. Melissa's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224085326/melissa-m-barthelemy

6. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/vics/AmberLynnCostello

7. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/vics/MeganWaterman

8. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/Vics/maureenbrainardbarnes

9. Amber's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64693380/amber-lynn-costello

10. Maureen's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64693289/maureen-brainard-barnes

11. Megan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64693232/megan-amelia-waterman

12. Shannan's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064537006161

13. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/lost-girls-who-were-the-victims-of-the-long-island-serial-killer

14. Mari's obituary: https://www.loucksfh.com/obituaries/mari-gilbert

15. Celeb Suburb: https://celebsuburb.com/shannan-gilbert-truth-about-her-mysterious-death-of-mari-gilberts-daughter/

16. Daily Freeman: https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2017/04/20/gilbert-driven-by-jealousy-to-kill-mother-sister-testifies-at-murder-trial/

17. The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/the-true-crime-tragedy-behind-lost-girls.html

18. History versus Hollywood: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/lost-girls/

19. Lost Girls: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3111426/

20. 48 Hours: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2174239/

21. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/long-island-serial-killer-inside-the-investigation/13/

22. Portland Press Herald: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/22/for-the-first-time-daughter-of-long-island-serial-killer-victim-from-maine-speaks-out/#:~:text=Waterman%20became%20estranged%20from%20her,although%20the%20two%20later%20reconciled.

23. New York Post: https://nypost.com/2011/12/07/officials-recover-missing-sex-workers-jeans-shoes-id-and-cell-phone-during-dredge-of-li-marsh/

24. CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/us/new-york-shannan-gilbert-case/index.html