Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! The newly released footage shows Megan Waterman standing in the Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge shortly before police believe she met up with the serial killer who took her life.
Police on Long Island have released footage of one of the Long Island Serial Killer victims shortly before she vanished in Her skeletal remains were found months later in December, close to where three other victims were found within days of each other on Gilgo Beach. In all, 10 victims have been officially attributed to the elusive serial killer while others, like Shannan Gilbert , have been linked unofficially to the case.
Many of the victims were sex workers who advertised their services on Craigslist. Harrison said during a Tuesday news conference in Oak Beach, Newsday reports. The footage shows Waterman in the lobby of the hotel; investigators believe she met with her killer shortly after. Now we are dealing with this 12 years later. During the search for her, authorities made the grim discovery of the "Gilgo Beach Four," and soon began uncovering even more victims of the Long Island Serial Killer.
Gilbert had made a call the night she disappeared, reportedly saying "There's someone after me β¦ they're trying to kill me. The calls have long been a source of contention in the case. A New York Appellate Division court ruled in that the Suffolk County Police Department must release calls related to Gilbert's disappearance, which her estate lawyer John Ray had been fighting to get out in the public for more than three and a half years. Harrison has recently pledged to release those calls, Newsday reported.
Giacalone says he has hope that they will be released. He also hopes that police may have some audio recordings of a possible suspect taunting the family of victim Melissa Barthelemy by phone. Giacalone told Oxygen. Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, who previously led the investigation on the case, had cut ties with the federal investigators during the serial killer probe. Burke, who has been accused of mishandling the case, later served a month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to beating up a handcuffed suspect who had stolen a gym bag from his SUV in a separate case.
