U.S.: One year later, “Craigslist Ripper” case leaves dark impression
- A mystery with hard-to-come-by answers: One year ago, police began their search for Shannan Gilbert, a 24 year-old prostitute. During that search, they found the remains of Melissa Barthlemy, another prostitute. In the following days, they found three more bodies along the shores of Long Island. They nicknamed the killer the “Craigslist Ripper” because some of the victims had advertised online. Ten bodies have been discovered over the past year; seemingly all of them worked in the sex industry, though one of the bodies found was the two-year-old daughter of one of the victims.
- past Officials used to think that this was the work of multiple serial killers. The oldest body was killed way back in 1996. They thought they were looking for “a number of killers who all favored the remote scrub land for dumping bodies.”
- present According to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer, the police’s view of the events has changed: “It appears that one person, comfortable with the area, comfortable with Long Island, is involved in these crimes.” source
