Police have released new information about a group they have dubbed the " Gilgo Four ," the four women in their 20s who were found dead, wrapped in burlap sacks, along a remote stretch of Long Island highway -- within a quarter of a mile from one another -- near the now notorious beach in Her remains were found in a swampy marsh not far from away in , 19 months after she disappeared.
Gilbert's cause of death has been disputed. But the Gilgo Four, officials say, were all murdered, possibly the work of a serial killer. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. The new information release comes as new Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison seeks to restore public faith in the long-unsolved investigation, which has been skewered over lacking transparency.
While none of the details are particularly enlightening from an investigative perspective, they shed more light on the women behind Long Island's infamous case. Here are the latest details on the Gilgo Four as provided by Suffolk County:. Suffolk police said that Brainard-Barnes, believed to be the first victim among the "Gilgo Four," was a year-old living in Norwich, Connecticut, when she went missing.
She spent her time in the city working as a prostitute, advertising on Craigslist, Backpage and other sites under names like Juliana or Marie as she stayed at a Super 8 Motel on West 46th Street, between 5th and 6th avenues. Brainard-Barnes, who stood just under 5 feet tall, would travel to Manhattan to work for a few nights before going back home to Connecticut, according to investigators.
Sometimes she would be with another woman โ a friend who worked out of a different hotel room โ and a man, who both women referred to as their cousin, police said. That man would provide a level of security for the two sex workers. Brainard-Barnes traveled with the other woman to the city the weekend she went missing, but the woman went back home early. On July 9, she called a friend back in Connecticut just minutes before midnight, telling them she was going to meet someone outside of the motel, which was not what her typical operating procedure, according to Suffolk police.
