And this killer may have been shopping for victims for years. However, Shannans family, who has maintained the woman's death was not an accident, believes the doctor may have had something to do with the woman'sdeath and filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Hackett in 2012, which is still active today. The murderer is suspected of killing between 10 and 16 people and, so far, has eluded capture. Asked if he thought Shannan was afraid of the man in the SUV, Colletti. 'Lost Girls' Tells the True Story of Mari Gilbert, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. After a jury found Sarra Gilbert guilty, she was given the maximum sentence of 25 years to life in August 2017. "She didn't turn to Craigslist [because] she wanted to she turned to Craigslist because she felt like there was no way out. Then, five years after the discovery of Shannans body, the Gilbert family once again made "We hear the conversation between the two of them and she's just staring at him and not acting rationally. 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. "Sarra is, from all the evidence, clearly not responsible for what shes done," Newsday quoted Ray saying in 2016. Its not clear what triggered Gilberts fear and a23-minute call she placed to 911has never been publicly released. Chief Varrone insists police didn't know about that call until months later. This was the second tragic incident to hit the family in six years. said Colletti. Shannan ran towards the home of another Oak Beach resident, Barbara Brennan. July 20, 2013 / 11:39 PM Mari Gilbert felt that Shannans disappearance wasnt being treated with urgency, and that her daughter was being dismissed because she was a sex worker. (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. Lawenforcement sources have said in the past that Shannan allegedly told the dispatcher theyre trying to kill me, during the call,Fox Newsreports. "The complaint operator's asking, 'Well, where are you?' Sarra was arrested at the scene with blood on her clothing. Mental illness drove Sarra Gilbert to kill her mother, Mari Gilbert five years after Sarras sister was found dead near a suspected serial killers mass grave in Long Island, New York Maris lawyer and others close to the family allege to PEOPLE. The mother of Shannan Gilbert, whose disappearance led to the discovery of 10 bodies at Gilgo Beach in Babylon, N.Y., in 2011, has been murdered, and a second daughter has been charged in her death. Sarra also stripped off her mother's clothes and severely beat her head with a fire extinguisher. We certainly believe that he may have called to offer his assistance.". Mari Gilbert's Daughters Now - What Happened To Sheree, "48 Hours" uncovers missing escort Shannan Gilbert's final minutes "If he's lying about something so simple about calling me," Mari Gilbert said, "then what else is he lying about?". We may earn a commission from these links. He nowreportedly lives in Florida. "When Amanda answered the phone, you know, she was so excited," Barthelemy said. Upon information and belief, on or about May 1, 2010, at Defendant Hacketts aforesaid address, Defendant Hackett induced, coerced, overreached, and persuaded Shannan Gilbert to enter his aforesaid premises and to accept the aforesaid treatment and medications he provided and administered to her, the lawsuit said. In 2016, Maris 27-year-old daughter, Sarra Gilbert, fatally stabbed her mom more than 200 times and hit her with a Theres no proof that he even saw her that night, but he did call Mari, Kolker toldOxygen.com. Lost Girls What would she die of if she didn't drown or wasn't killed?" Lost Girls: Who Were The Victims Of The Long Island Serial Shortly after Gilberts body was discovered, Hackett put his Oak Beach house on the market in 2012 and moved away from the area. They were very much on the same page, as far as trying to find Shannan, Laster says. These are all the jobs she called and applied for call center, data entry and the list goes on and on," Cann said, showing off a list. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Ray asked. Her Sister Shannan Gilbert Died Mysteriously Shannan Maria Gilbert went missing on Long Island on May 1, 2010. The girls eventually returned home, but Shannan would go on to spend more years in foster care. For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. By then, she had been missing for eight days. Mari died on July 23, 2016, in the apartment building the Dr. Hackett admits he has treated friends and neighbors, but denies he ever saw or treated Shannan. Moriarty asked Varrone. Mari Gilbert's daughters dealt with the tragedy of their sister Shannan in different ways. When her mom died, Sherre wrote about it on Facebook the next day, sharing that Sarra had battled mental illness for more than two years. We tried to get Sarra help many times since she was diagnosed with schizophrenia in early 2014 and she would get better and then her condition would get worse., Laster says she genuinely liked Sarra. Sarra was hospitalized several times. "The area in and around Gilgo Beach has been used to discard human remains for some period of time," a police officer said at a press conference. "It's a girl who clearly believes she's in harm's way.". But he went on to say that "at no time did I suggest I had ever met her or render medical care of any sort to her.". We start callin' hospitals.". They don't want to hear anything. Even the family's attorney, Steven Cohen, couldn't get police to take notice. ), 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. ", "I reached over and grabbed that phone, dialed 911," Colletti continued. After Shannans disappearance in May 2010, Sarra appeared at vigils and memorials alongside her mother and sister Sherre, holding photos of her missing sister. The truth is all these women are victims.. Gene Coombs and Henry Williams had mistaken the politician for a drug dealer who had ripped them off. "Which told me the second chapter of Mari's story. A year & a half of anger, tears & sleepless nights. Moriarty asked. "There's nothing I can add that the police don't already know," said Dr. C. Peter Hackett, an Oak Beach resident and retired emergency services doctor who curiously inserted himself in the middle of the mystery - by calling Shannan's mother on May 3, 2010, two days after Shannan went missing. ", Police have said that they do not consider Hackett a suspect in the killings,according to, 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 to, . Even though the cops assured us that they are going to continue.". Convinced the Suffolk police weren't going to investigate Shannan's death, attorney John Ray took matters into his own hands. "Her driver dropped her off and she was there for quite a while and then for some reason, she started to panic.". Mari Gilbert, mother of Shannan Gilbert, was killed in upstate Ulster County. Mari Gilberts Daughters Today: Sherre & Stevie in Real Life According to Mari Gilberts obituary, Mari had four grandsons when she died and she was engaged to Elroy J. Shulterbrandt. Until we meet again my dear sister; sleep with mom & the Angels.. And he's gonna make a mistake. Mari Gilberts Daughters in Real Life: Stevie, Sarra, Sherre & Shannan, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Hackett's attorney, James O'Rourke of Hauppauge, said none of the claims is true. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. "When I started the project, it was 2015. So you inserted yourself. The Real Mari Gilbert From Netflix's 'Lost Girls' Died In 2016 He knew what locations would be difficult to trace and how long he could stay on the phone. Please enter valid email address to continue. She refused, but Megan, who usually had someone accompany her on calls, let down her guard and went out into the night alone. The suit claims Dr. Hackett improperly treated Shannan Gilbert and points to what he allegedly said in the phone call to Shannan's mother as proof. Dr. PeterHackettbecame linked to the case of Shannan Gilbert after he called her mother, Mari Gilbert, after Shannan'sdisappearance. Im blessed to have had you in my life for 22yrs and Im grateful that you were eventually found. "Could Shannan Gilbert's mother invent this even if she wanted to? 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. A county medical examiner said her cause of death was undetermined. "I believe that he is between -- his late 20s and his late 30s," Cohen said. But Hackett would face criticism after he allegedly embellished his role in the investigation, Vice reports. "We said that Maureen went to New York and she never came back. It doesn't seem plausible," said Kolker. Though Shannan had been on the phone with 911 for more than 20 minutes and had been spotted running down the johns quiet street knocking on doors and screaming for help, police did not arrive on the scene for almost an hour. Last year, Ray and two colleagues put the police theory to the test. And she stabbed her to death.. Mari Gilbert About a week after Melissa disappeared, her 15-year-old sister, Amanda, got a call from Melissa's phone. "She sounds not very coherent, not very rational.". "He said he never saw Shannan before," she replied. They were traveling together, coordinating. Sarra said her mom practiced witchcraft and she believed Mari was a demon. She wouldn't answer me. Mari Gilbert "And he said, 'Do you know what I did to your sister?' Until we meet again my dear sister; sleep with mom & the Angels.. Varrone says that the investigation into Shannan's death remains open and is confident that the days of the elusive serial killer haunting the beaches of Long Island are numbered. "I was just hysterical, totally hysterical," said Barthelemy. "I contacted them," he said. She lived just 10 miles from the killer's dumping ground. When she has moments of lucidity, I know shell be devastated by what she has done., Laster called it one tragedy on top of another., This is a family that needed a lot of help. Meserve says. Yelling, 'Help me, help me, help me. "My sister met the client through Craigslist and went to his house around 2:00 a.m.," Sherre explained. And so it began. Her next partner, the father of her youngest daughter, Stevie, was arrested for domestic violence, and her children spent nearly two years in foster care. 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. During my conversations with them they asked that I call the family, he wrote. (CBS) OAK BEACH, Long Island -- Since late 2010, 11 bodies -- nearly all young woman, have been found along a stretch of beach on New York's Long Island. Attempts to find current contact information for Hackett were not immediately successful. Moriarty asked Varrone. Over the years, many of the initial counts in the lawsuit have been removed, including the wrongful death claim that was dismissed in 2013, according tocourt documentsin the case. ", But Garbus didn't get to see her again. She called her mother and said come over. She's not missing. Sarra seemed like she had it together. It was schizophrenia, attorney John Ray, tells PEOPLE. Moriarty asked Sarra. "You didn't think your mom could be mistaken? "No. It is not clear if her death was a homicide or a tragic accident. "I knew that it was a possibility but I really just wanted to keep hope," said Sherre. Intwo letters to CBSs 48 Hoursin 2011 he denied ever seeing Shannan that night but said he had called the family to be supportive after getting Maris number from Shannans boyfriend and driver when the pair came to the neighborhood to look for Shannan in the days after she disappeared. Gilbert family attorney John Ray told PIX11 that in the months leading up to Mari's horrific death, Sarra had drowned her pet puppy and threatened to kill her 8-year-old son. "And it was too overgrown to bring in dogs and to search!". What Happened To Mari Gilbert Mari Gilbert was an American activist and advocate for her late daughter, Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old aspiring author working as an escort who may have been murdered by the Long Island serial killer. AMBER COSTELLO: Disappeared Sept. 2, 2010, "She used to say that she was better off dead" said Dave Schaller, Amber Costello's roommate and friend. Attorney John Ray told CBS that Sarra invited Mari to her home and in the living room, she was knifed to death.. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. "When I finally told myself Maureen was actually missing, that she wasn't coming back, I couldn't breathe. I was able to meet with her, and talk with her. "You called Mari on your wife's cell phone on the third on that Monday when Mari said you called," Moriarty told Hackett. It worked. "After I read the scripts, I Googled it and came across, I guess it was a Wikipedia page," Ryan says. Her belongings including her pocketbook, lip gloss, jeans and shoes were discovered in the marsh about a quarter of a mile from her body, according to, According to police, she appears to have entered the marsh right behind where Peter Hacketts house is, and her belongings were found right near his house in the marsh and then her body was found a long distance away, Kolker told, The tragedy of this young womans death is only compounded by the prosecution in this civil litigation, he told, . She was not perfect, but she was loved and she was cared for, Gilbert told the press in 2011. "What would she tell you when you would say you were worried about it?" Barthelemy wondered. WSHU | In the film, her character complained that when the women are Gilberts one of the daughters went missing and later dead, and sadly, one of her other daughters killed Mari. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! "It's possible. 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. And when Mari Gilbert confronted him with a friend's camera rolling, he denied it again: Mari Gilbert [Cell phone video]: Firsthand what happened? The medical examiner ruled her death inconclusive. She died while searching for her missing daughter. "She absolutely hated it". There are stories about him having a police radio and anytime there was any sort of emergency call within reach of where he lived, he would hop in and drive over to see if he could help out.. 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She was -- she's an escort We're not going to assign a detective to this.'". I'm like that's -- 'they're gonna eat you alive.' But mainly he focused on Melissa's little sister and called to terrify her. "I was like, 'Be safe.' Lost Girls, a new Netflix movie helmed by Emmy-winning documentary director Liz Garbus, tells the true story of the deaths of Shannan Gilbert and several victims of the Gilgo Beach murders. Sherre Gilbert says her sister was desperately trying to make a better life for herself. Seriously, a person gets a lot of phone calls," he said. Gilbert Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. It's like running through a corn field or a wheat field you just push push it outta your way," said Varrone. Megan was just 22 when she was murdered, leaving behind a 4-year-old daughter. "He's an individual who likes to get involved," Varrone said of Dr. Hackett. "Had he seen Shannan?" "I do," he replied. On May 1, she disappeared near Gilgo Beach after making a frantic phone call to police while seeing a customer. "Yeah, I'm sure I did. On January 15, she wrote a hopeful note that DNA testing might help find her sisters killer. That was never reported to us," said Verrone. "There's something so sad that Amber lived 27 years, disappears, and nobody reports her missing," remarked Moriarty. The official explanation doesn't satisfy Shannan's family. Tips can also be submitted online. Stevie Smith tends to stays out of the spotlight. 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. That amount -- $1,500 -- was almost six times Amber's going rate. Why weren't they screaming that and clamoring that?" She wrote a heartfelt message about Shannan in 2019, saying: Its been 8yrs since you were found. "We went to all the houses around the area to, like, knock on their doors and just say, 'Hey listen, did you see my sister?'" Sherre was an administrator for a Facebook page dedicated to trying to solve her sister Shannans death called Praying for Shannan Maria Gilbert. "These young women were cast aside on the road, barely even covered up, and were neglected to even be looked for for so long.". "How could you have her items in one spot and then her body all the way in another spot close to the highway? I said, 'Well, I did.'". Her mother, Mari, and sister, Sherre, were desperately trying to hold onto hope. However, the investigation into her disappearance led to the discovery of ten sets of human remains. "I knew I wasn't going to look, walk, and sound exactly like Mari, but there was an essence, or a gesture that I was hoping to pick up," Ryan adds. It was now 5:21 am. 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. "The major symptoms of schizophrenia hit later," Garbus explains. Fearing the worst, Maureen's family went to the Norwich Police Department, submitted her name to the missing persons database, and told police she was an online escort. Sadly, the film's real-life heroine never got the justice she wanted for Shannan's death. And more questions about a curious character who put himself right in the middle of the mystery. "We pull out the phone book, we get on the internet. Several references are made to Sarra's mood stabilizer prescriptions throughout the film, and Garbus says that was tweaked retroactively after Mari died. Then, five years after the discovery of Shannans body, the Gilbert family once again made headlines when Mari was killed by her daughter Sarra on July 23, 2016. Mari Gilbert, Mother Of Murdered Sex Worker, Found Stabbed The cop basically told us, 'Maybe your sister just ran away. She was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder at 12 years old, and Mari struggled to manage her eldest childs at times erratic behavior. The problem is, instead of filing it in Suffolk County, N.Y., where her daughter was last seen, Mari was required to file it where her daughter lived in New Jersey. "Peter Hackett told me that Shannan was at his house, that he ran a halfway house for people who wanted to get off the street and that Shannan was there," said Mari Gilbert. Dr. Hackett has steadfastly denied ever seeing Shannan to the press. The first was loosing Shannan. Stop, go a little bit," said Colletti. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! 52-year-old Mari Gilbert became a murder victim advocate after her Craigslist-escort "And he also left one of the conversations with the threat that he knows where Amanda lives and might come after her.". He is very controlled, very calculating in what he does. "And lead to some breakthrough, God willing.". Saraa murdered her mother and is now in jail. That neighbor, Gus Colletti, is the one who tried to help Shannan and noticed that black SUV following her. Dr. Hackett: I never saw her, I never met her. Mari Gilbert Was Stabbed to Death by Her Daughter After Losing She was a good sister and daughter. It doesn't make any sense.". She went to set up appointments with men on Craigslist. "When she made that call, do you believe she thought she was -- her life was in danger?" Lost Girls: What Happened To Mari Gilbert & Her Daughters But they werent getting it.. Attempts to find current contact information for Hackett were not immediately successful. "48 Hours" uncovers missing escort Shannan Gilbert's final minutes Serial Killer Indicted in 1989 Murder of Author's Daughter, Va. Mari Gilbert, Mother Of Murdered Sex Worker, Found Stabbed "If she had abandoned her shoes and she was walking barefoot through this, it would seem almost impossible for her without cutting up her feet very badly on the broken reeds," he explained. 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. At the time, Maureen was a desperate, single mother of two. Gilbert "You have to understand the manner in which these items were found very consistent with someone losing these items as they're running.". 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When you give look let me not get into it," he said. Reed Birney as Dr. Peter Hackett in 'Lost Girls'. She has two other daughters. 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. The story of her life is very horrible. Journalist and author Robert Kolker now wonders if solving the mystery has ever been a police priority. "Did she get hurt?" Former Chief of Detectives Dominick Varrone says Dr. Hackett is not a suspect in Shannan's death. By all accounts, he really aggressively put himself in the center of things whenever anything was going on there, he said. And maybe that little something that they know will lead to the solving of this case.". It was Michael Pak, Shannan's driver. Real Mari Gilbert of Netflix's Lost Girls Was Murdered in 2016 Sarra was arrested at the scene with blood on her clothing. While investigators were searching for Shannan, theyultimately discovered the bodies of four women along Ocean Parkway.