Shannan Gilbert

Suffolk County police released Shannan Gilbert’s 911 calls and reiterated their belief that Gilbert was not a victim of the Gilgo killer. Greg Cergol reports.

What transpired on the 911 recordings involving the 24-year-old woman the last night she was seen alive was kept secret for the 12 years until Suffolk police shared them Friday, part of an ongoing effort at transparency around the Gilgo Beach case.

Shannan Gilbert had called 911 and said someone was trying to kill her. That call lasted about 22 minutes. There were two other calls. The search for her led to the discovery of four women in burlap sacks in a matter of days

More than a decade after the disappearance of New Jersey escort Shannan Gilbert triggered a police investigation that exposed a much larger mystery, authorities in Suffolk County plan to share long-secret 911 calls in the Gilgo Beach case Friday. Jessica Cunnington reports.

Jessica Cunnington reports.

The 911 calls are disorganized. At times she is coherent. At others, she slurs her words. Sometimes she doesn’t respond at all. And at times, she is heard screaming.

The 2010 disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 24-year-old escort from Jersey City, triggered a hunt that exposed a much larger mystery — and the discovery of many more bodies on a remote stretch of Long Island.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison, District Attorney Ray Tierney and Sheriff Errol Toulon, Jr. released the last known surveillance video of Megan Waterman, one of the Craigslist escorts found on Ocean Parkway in the Gilbert search. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Suffolk County police on Tuesday released surveillance video of Gilgo Beach murder victim Megan Waterman’s last moments at the Holiday Inn Express, Hauppauge in June 2010. Commissioner Rodney Harrison says investigators believe Waterman left her hotel room to meet her would-be killer.

The 2010 disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 24-year-old escort from Jersey City triggered a hunt that exposed a much larger mystery — and the discovery of many more bodies on a remote stretch of Long Island.

Police on Monday released two new photographs of articles recovered in relation to the investigation into the bodies of 10 victims found near a stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach.

The unidentified Long Island serial killer, also known as the Gilgo Beach killer, is believed to have murdered 10 to 16 people on Long Island over the course of two decades. For True Crime Tuesday, NBCLX welcomed Chris Mass, the host of the new podcast “LISK,” which is shining a spotlight on the victims’ stories in a six-part series.

Suffolk County police have released the name of a previously unidentified victim linked to the notorious Gilgo Beach killings. Nearly a week after announcing they had unearthed the identity of the woman previously referred to as “Jane Doe #6,” cops revealed her to the public as Valerie Mack. Mack was 24 when she was last seen; she was working as…

Two decades after finding her remains, police have identified a victim of the Gilgo Beach killing thanks to new DNA technology. Jonathan Dienst reports.

Another woman linked to the Gilgo Beach killings, a file of 10 unsolved cases over a nearly two-decade period, has been identified, officials said Friday. Suffolk County Police, working in tandem with the FBI, say they now know the name of the woman previously referred to as “Manorville Jane Doe” or “Jane Doe #6.” They did not provide a timeline…

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Police revealed evidence in one of Suffolk County’s most notorious criminal cases that they’ve been holding onto for nine years. Police believe initials were embossed on a black belt found at the crime scene, but offered no details on where it was found or how it may have been used. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Police are expected to provide new details in their years-long investigation into the death of 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert and the killings of at least 10 other people whose bodies were found in the search for her. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Shannan Gilbert, a sex worker from New Jersey, vanished after going to meet a client on Long Island’s Oak Beach in 2010. The search for her would yield the grisly discoveries of nine other bodies along a stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach; four of them were sex workers who were found strangled and dumped in burlap sacks less than…

Did she have any connection to the 11 bodies that would be found? The contents of the 21-minute 911 call could lend insight into her last moments. Cops have fought to keep it secret.