Shannans body was discovered 18 months after her disappearance, on the same stretch of road where the bodies of 10 victims have been linked to a suspected Long Island serial killer, though investigators have said Shannans death is unconnected to the other 10. Over the past couple of days she began to hear voices. he replied. You need to turn yourself in because you will be caught and you will be caught soon," said Ela. "The story of these women is the story about a part of America where people have few options and where some people make desperate or risky decisions," said journalist Bob Kolker, who has written a new book about the Long Island cases, called "Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery." Every phone call, every message, every knock on the door, is a combination of hope and terror, she says. On July 23, 2016, Sarra Gilbert traveled from Ellenville, NY, to her mothers home in Catskills, NY, and attacked Mari Gilbert. This isnt what the video says and what I read elsewhere, Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. The first was loosing Shannan. "It almost seems like she's in some type of psychotic state or in some type of drug-induced stupor.". A young woman connected to the unsolved Long Island Serial Killer case is facing possible life in prison for the stabbing death of her mother. Police believe the latest victims were also linked to the sex trade, but only one has ever been identified: Victim No. All this stuff about a rehab or something I don't have a rehab, I don't do rehab. You dont go back to where you started Its like a nuclear bomb went off.. Dr. Charles Peter Hackett was once a big shot in his private Oak Beach neighborhoodbut after he called the mother of a missing escort, Hackett found himself linked to an unsolved Long Island murder mystery. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. ", "I was there when my mother received the phone call, so there's no way. Brewer claims he doesn't know what set Shannan off or why she made that call to 911. Unidentified woman: We did. They spoke to a dozen witnesses and homeowners in the area trying to piece together a timeline. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. They arrested Sarra later that day and charged her with criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree murder. Sarra seemed like she had it together. Sarra then stripped Mari naked and removed her jewelry. The truth is all these women are victims.. "It strikes me right away David predators prey on the weak," noted Moriarty. According to Schaller, the man was persistent, repeatedly calling and cajoling Amber that day. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. Jurors didn't find Sarra and her attorney's claims and pleas for mercy compelling, with one unnamed juror telling the Daily Freeman, "We feel that she has mental illness but she was also aware of what she was doing." "Certainly she could've succumbed to the elements after a while total fatigue and exhaustion.". While investigators were searching for Shannan, theyultimately discovered the bodies of four women along Ocean Parkway. I can t believe I m reliving this nightmare again. Sarra also stripped off her mother's clothes and severely beat her head with a fire extinguisher. In the hours after midnight on May 1, 2010, Shannan Gilbert, an escort on her way to a job, drove past the place where the bones of the Long Island Serial Killer's victims lay hidden in the brush. Mari Gilbert Killed: Daughter Sarra Had Schizophrenia, Attorney " that Shannan was distressed. Last year, Ray and two colleagues put the police theory to the test. The medical examiner couldn't determine cause of death, but investigators don't think she's the 11th victim of the Long Island Serial Killer. "It's possible. "So why would you call her mother? In August 2017, Sarra Gibert was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the maximum allowed by law. At the heart of these efforts was Mari Gilbert (played in the movie by The Offices Amy Ryan), who worked to bring attention to the the murder of her 24-year-old daughter, Shannan. Gilbert, 27, who has been charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, appeared in court Tuesday afternoon and apologized for fatally Gilbert worked a variety of jobs, including serving as a retail manager, teaching assistant, and Walmart employee, but continued to face personal struggles. We allege that Dr. Peter Hackett has told others that he encountered Shannan knocking on his door on May 1, that he let her into his home and that he administered narcotics, Ray said outside the courthouse after filing the suit according toThe Long Island Press. " because I couldn't remember my story. "She sounds not very coherent, not very rational.". By 2010, Shannan was an aspiring actor who lived in Jersey City and worked as an escort. Ellenville police arrested Gilbert at the scene and said they recovered a 15-inch kitchen knife they believe was used in the attack. "All I can say is he's sick. ", Dr. Hackett later admitted in letters to "48 Hours" that he had called Shannan's mother, but he said it was later in the week and he did so at the request of friends who were searching for Shannan to be "supportive." "Had he seen Shannan?" But when police arrived at 5:40 a.m., Shannan Gilbert had vanished. That was never reported to us," said Verrone. "We want to see whether Shannan really could've taken the trip police believe she took," Ray said before heading into the marsh. Attorney Ray says they were real. Shannan was last seen running on the streetsof Oak Beach after leaving her client Joseph Brewers home. Attorney Ray tells PEOPLE that since 2014, Sarra has been hospitalized in at least two facilities in upstate New York. "You called Mari on your wife's cell phone on the third on that Monday when Mari said you called," Moriarty told Hackett. "'She's 24 She's not on any psych meds. "Do you think the person she went out with that night is the same person who killed her?" The tragedies and illness are often intertwined, says Dottie Laster, a private investigator and missing-persons specialist who helped the Gilbert family search for Mari Gilberts older daughter, Shannan. Mari Gilbert: Why would you say that to me? After the third call, police asked Verizon to tap Amanda's phone. She has been "How could this tiny 23-year-old get that far into it - into there?" Lynn Barthelemy's 24-year-old daughter, Melissa, had been missing for a year-and-a-half when the bodies were discovered. What would she die of if she didn't drown or wasn't killed?" I think this guy got into her head somehow.". I feel like if the right things were done maybe these girls would still be alive to this day," she said. He wouldn't go on camera, but in a text message, Pak says that he "never touched her" and maintains that he had nothing to do with Shannan's disappearance. Former Chief of Detectives Dominick Varrone believes Shannan actually died by accident -- after running into the thick marsh and getting lost. "It absolutely makes no sense that she's found where she is, except that someone else put her there or killed her there," said Gilbert family attorney John Ray. 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"Sexually explicit things as to what he had done to Melissa, sexually explicit things as to what he was going to do to Amanda.". For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. Colletti said it was then that he noticed an Asian man in his 30s driving a black SUV. Sherre, Sarras sister, spoke about Sarra after her sentencing and said they tried to get Sarrah help, but she would get better for a short period of time and then get worse again, People reported. Gilbert's remains were recovered on Dec. 13, 2011, and officials believed the cause of her death was drowning. "I just did not want to believe that she wasn't ever gonna come home," said Mari. Sarra heard voices that urged her to perform violent acts, New York Daily News reported. I've seen it, its really overgrown," Moriarty noted. Moriarty asked. Attempts to find current contact information for Hackett were not immediately successful. Though county officials theorized that she had wandered into the marsh and drowned, an independent autopsy sought by Gilberts family found that Shannan may have been strangled to death. As Brewer is heard trying to get her to leave his house, Varrone says, "He either approaches her or touches her and you hear her scream out.". "They didn't wanna hear anything," she said. Tips can also be submitted online. It didnt take this long. However, the presiding judge said that she would never walk free again if he had any say in the matter. Authorities were able to trace some of the calls to a handful of busy locations in midtown Manhattan: near the Port Authority, the Empire State Building and Times Square. In 2016, Mari Gilbert was found dead in her daughter Sarra Gilberts apartment in Ellenville, CBS New York reported. "When Amanda answered the phone, you know, she was so excited," Barthelemy said. It worked. Am I personally troubled by it? '", "This is all on the audiotape," Varrone said. Hackett's attorney, James O'Rourke of Hauppauge, said none of the claims is true. During my conversations with them they asked that I call the family, he wrote. They were traveling together, coordinating. '", He opened the door. When you give look let me not get into it," he said. A week later, a quarter-of-a-mile away from her belongings, they found Shannan's skeletal remains nearly intact, face down. "When I said to her, 'I called the police. MELISSA BARTHELEMY: Disappeared July 12, 2009. "I believe Shannan was murdered," said Sherre. But then how did her clothing end up so far from her body? And she was also goin' to school to be a writer," she said. A year and a half of questions & no answers, clues or hints. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Mental illness is a serious disease. Varrone says two male voices are recognizable in the background: Shannan's driver and the man who hired her, Joseph Brewer. Sarra's mental health struggles are foreshadowed in the film. In that car was Michael Pak, Shannan's driver - the second man police wanted to talk to. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. Stevie has stayed out of the spotlight for the most part. "I was really sad," Sherre Gilbert said. "I'm so grateful for that," Garbus says of their meeting. In March of 2011 -- three months after finding the bodies of Melissa, Amber, Megan and Maureen -- police start finding more bodies and more body parts along a once pristine beach playground; six new sets of human remains in all. Shannan's family members believe the police should have done more to investigate the man they believe was the last person to see Shannan alive: Dr. Peter Hackett. A county medical examiner said her cause of death was undetermined. "I could hear the fear in his voice.". Mari Gilbert died in July 2016, allegedly stabbed to death by her other daughter, Sarra, who suffers from schizophrenia. Hacketts attorney, James ORouke, has denied Hackett had anything to do with Shannans death and called the allegations against him contained in the lawsuit categorically false., The tragedy of this young womans death is only compounded by the prosecution in this civil litigation, he toldFox News. "I didn't know it would be only once.". "No one saw her, no one knew her My brother came back and was like, 'It's a different world out there. That sense of confidence may have driven the caller to reach out to Amanda one last time on Aug. 26, 2009, with a chilling message. Police found the 24-year-olds body more than a year later on December 13, 2011, in a marsh at Oak Beach, according to Oxygen. "Did she get hurt?" It is not clear if she has retained an attorney or if she has entered a plea to her charges. Moriarty asked Verrone. Shannan Gilbert went missing after a terrifying 911 call in May 2010. In December 2011, a year-and-a-half after Shannan Gilbert vanished, police finally found the first sign of the missing 23-year-old in the marsh by Oak Beach not far from where she was last seen. By 2011, as many as 10 human remains many of whom were believed to be sex workers had been discovered in the area, launching the still-unsolved search for what some have called the Long Island Serial Killer, according to theAssociated Press. The film's events begin six years ahead of Mari's murder, and Sarra is played as an adolescent by actress Oona Laurence. November, he filed a wrongful death suit against Dr Hackett. WSHU | All of a sudden, I heard screaming out here and banging on that door. She has been charged with second degree murder. About a week after Melissa disappeared, her 15-year-old sister, Amanda, got a call from Melissa's phone. Shannan's body was found about three miles east from the others and detectives have speculated that her death was accidental. Did you ever see her? "My husband and my brother got on their motorcycles and actually took Maureen's picture with them and drove down to Manhattan walked around the whole area asking people if they'd ever seen her," she recalled. She gave me a hug and a kiss and she left.". (The) last time I talked to him, it was seven years ago at least, and he was saying that he was basically unemployable, Kolker toldOxygen.com. "She was getting evicted from her house. 8: An Asian man dressed in women's clothes, Victims 9 and 10: A female skull and a bag of female bones. They cant sleep, Laster tells PEOPLE. Sarra stabbed her mother an incredible 227 times with a 15-inch kitchen knife. "Shock," Varrone replied. "We pull out the phone book, we get on the internet. "We had a sinking feeling that it was her.". He raised a family there, was their emergency services guy, their security guy. She's a prostitute. On Dec. 13, 2010, Maureen's body was found alongside the others. Mari Gilberts deathwhich is revealed in an end-credits caption in Lost Girls came as a shock to all on July 23, 2016. "She knew what she was doing was just like degrading, just despicable," he said. It doesn't make any sense.". And she stabbed her to death.. "He's an individual who likes to get involved," Varrone said of Dr. Hackett. "I do," he replied. "We believe that Dr. C. Peter Hackett's actions led to Shannan Gilbert's death," said Ray. Hackett had served as head for the Suffolk County Emergency Medical Services when theTWA Flight 800burst into flames, killing all 230 passengers on board in 1996. He used the phrase that it was too late to help her and that he then released her., Shannan'sbody was discovered in 2011, partially clothed, in a localmarsh. Their stories are bizarre and confusing, starting with Joseph Brewer's - the john. Shannan, a 24-year-old sex worker from Jersey City, disappeared after visiting a client in the Oak Beach area in 2010. KINGSTON, N.Y. Convicted murderer Sarra Gilbert has lost an appeal of her 25 years to life sentence for the brutal stabbing of her mother in 2016. Barthelemy also contacted the NYPD to file a missing persons report, but she was in for a rude awakening. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Would love your thoughts, please comment. On Thursday, Suffolk County police By Aava Khanal December 19, 2021. "Sarra is, from all the evidence, clearly not responsible for what shes done," Newsday quoted Ray saying in 2016. "Mari Gilbert knew that that kind of attention and passion is what will keep this case alive," Garbus says. It took nearly a month for police to connect Shannan's desperate call to the missing persons report her family had filed in New Jersey, where Shannan lived. With each burlap covered victim found on Gilgo Beach, the police learned more about the serial killer: his habits, his M.O., and his uncanny ability to avoid detection. In a 14-page Two neighbors signed affidavits -- one stating the doctor had given him "a prescription injectable steroid" and another claiming that Hackett "provided prescriptions for Oak Beach residents.". "When I started the project, it was 2015. Gilberts one of the daughters went missing and later dead, and sadly, one of her other daughters killed Mari. The In fact, Dr. Hackett was known to provide medical treatment out of his home. The story of her life is very horrible. Shannan's sister believes something awful happened in that house to terrify her because of a 911 call Shannan made from right inside the client's home. However, the prosecution and members of Sarras family told a story of a devious, manipulative young woman who tried to excuse her drug addiction as a mental illness. He nowreportedly lives in Florida. They say time heals all wounds but I think time only hides it. "No question she thought her life was in danger," replied Ray. "Exactly," Schaller agreed, "like a lion smells a dying gazelle.". Dr. Hackett: I never saw her, I never met her. Megan was just 22 when she was murdered, leaving behind a 4-year-old daughter. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Varrone says that while Dr. Hackett may be a busybody - "He exaggerates, that's how some people have described him" -- he is not a suspect in Shannan Gilbert's death or in any other. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. "If he's lying about something so simple about calling me," Mari Gilbert said, "then what else is he lying about?". "What would she tell you when you would say you were worried about it?" (The) last time I talked to him, it was seven years ago at least, and he was saying that he was basically unemployable, Kolker told. Sherre Gilbert says her sister was desperately trying to make a better life for herself. And when Mari Gilbert confronted him with a friend's camera rolling, he denied it again: Mari Gilbert [Cell phone video]: Firsthand what happened? She was murdered by her daughter Sarra Elizabeth Gilbert in Ellenville, New York. "Could Shannan Gilbert's mother invent this even if she wanted to? ), Laster says families who have a loved one go missing are often traumatized long term and she says and it was especially so with the Gilberts. In the prosecutors view, the killing of Mari Gilbert was a crime of passion, quite likely drug-fueled, against a mother whom Sarra resented for years. "No," she exclaimed. "All the responding officers can believe at this point is that whoever was in the SUV picked up this girl and they're gone," said Varrone. Despite her well-documented history of severe mental illness and the fact that Sarra had gone off of her medication before the murder, Sarra was found guilty of murder in 2017 and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.
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