Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Case: Dismembered Woman Finally Identified 27 Years After Going Missing

Another sufferer linked to the Gilgo Beach serial killer case lastly has been recognized greater than twenty years later.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney revealed on Friday that the stays of a girl often called “Jane Doe No. 7” or “Fire Island Jane Doe” over the previous 27 years are these of Karen Vergata. She was a 34-year-old girl who went lacking again on February 14, 1996. According to Tierney, Karen had been residing in (*27*) and was believed to be working as an escort when she abruptly disappeared. No lacking individual grievance was filed for her on the time.

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Her legs and toes had been discovered on Fire Island in April of 1996. However, there was no progress in her case for 15 years on April 11, 2011, when a cranium was found in Nassau County. DNA evaluation finally confirmed that the entire stays discovered had been from the identical individual. Tierney stated investigators later obtained a buccal swab from a relative of Karen’s and in contrast it to the stays to determine her because the sufferer in September 2022.

As for why police waited to publicly announce this case breakthrough? He defined they had been concerned within the grand jury course of within the case in opposition to Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann.

Her cranium was among the many 11 units of stays found when police had been in search of lacking intercourse employee Shannan Gilbert. The discovery additionally got here shortly after the our bodies of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. However, Tierney didn’t say whether or not Karen’s dying was linked to the 4 ladies. He additionally stated no fees in her homicide case, noting:

“We are going to continue to work this particular case as we did the Gilgo Four investigation. This is a confidential investigation.”

Last month, Heuermann was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree homicide for the deaths of Melissa, Megan, and Amber. The 59-year-old architect can be the prime suspect within the slaying of Maureen. He has since pleaded not responsible to the fees. You can see your entire press convention for the most recent replace within the case (under):

As for whether or not or not Karen was a sufferer of alleged serial killer Heuermann stays a thriller for now. But right here’s hoping investigators will discover out what occurred to her quickly. Reactions to the most recent int he case, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback under.