Melissa Barthelemy

The skeletal remains of Melissa Barthelemy were discovered along Ocean Parkway, near Gilgo Beach on December 11, 2010.

Barthelemy's discovery garnered wide-spread news coverage and was the first set of remains found during the search for Shannan Gilbert.

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Maureen Brainard-Barnes

The skeletal remains of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who advertised escort services on Craigslist, were discovered along Ocean Parkway, near Gilgo Beach, on December 13, 2010

Known as one of the Gilgo Beach Four, Brainard-Barnes was last seen in early June 2007 in New York City.

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Amber Lynn Costello

The skeletal remains of Amber Lynn Costello, who advertised escort services on Craigslist, were discovered in an area off Ocean Parkway, near Gilgo Beach, on December 13, 2010.

Costello was last seen leaving her North Babylon home in early September 2010.

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Megan Waterman

The skeletal remains of Megan Waterman, who advertised escort services on Craigslist, were discovered along Ocean Parkway, near Gilgo Beach, on December 13, 2010.

Waterman was last seen in early June 2010 at a Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge, New York.

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Jessica Taylor

The remains of Jessica Taylor, an escort working in New York City, were located in a wooded area in Manorville on July 26, 2003.

Additional remains of Taylor were discovered on March 29, 2011 along Ocean Parkway during the search for Shannan Gilbert.

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Manorville Jane Doe / Jane Doe #6 / Valerie Mack

Valerie Mack, an escort whose last known whereabouts was in Philadelphia in 2000, was identified through genetic genealogy in 2020 as the victim whose remains were discovered on two separate occasions - in Manorville in 2000 and in Oak Beach in 2011.

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John Doe

The skeletal remains of an Asian male were discovered along Ocean Parkway on April 4, 2011. It is estimated that the male was between 17 and 23 years old at the time of his death.

He was approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall with poor dental health. The timing of his death is believed to be approximately five to 10 years prior to the discovery.

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Unidentified Toddler

The skeletal remains of a female toddler were discovered along Ocean Parkway in close proximity to Valerie Mack on April 4, 2011.

It is believed the toddler was approximately 2 years old at the time of death and likely non-Caucasian. DNA analysis later identified the unidentified toddler to be the child of the victim "Peaches," whose remains were found in Nassau County.

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