Court Case Of Melissa Barthelemy

Shannon Gilbert (24) went missing in 2010 and her family pressure police to look for the prostitute who used to live in New Jersey. During their investigation, police dogs discovered a body, which was identified to be Melissa Barthelemy (24); she was missing for over a year and also was a prostitute but from Bronx. Within days after the remains of Melissa Barthelemy were found, the bodies of other three victims were discovered. They belonged to Megan Waterman (22), Brainard-Barnes (25), and Amber Lynn Costello (27). All three victims were young call girls who worked through Craigslist and went missing between years 2007 and 2010. “One prostitute who partied with three of the Atlantic City victims, shortly before they were killed, said they

There is evidence that he used Melissa Barthelemy’s cell phone to call her younger sister Amanda, just a few days after Melissa disappeared in 2009. The killer revealed to Amanda that Melissa was a prostitute and claimed responsibility for her death; later he called a few more times using Melissa’s cell phone; however, it was not possible to find the killer when police traced the phone which led to areas of Midtown Manhattan. The suspect never stayed on the call for longer than three minutes.

There was one primary suspect, Lucius Crawford (60), who was an ex-con from Westchester County. He was in jail for stabbing two women. When police found him in 2012 he was at home with a dead woman in his bed. However, due to lack of evidence he was eliminated from being a suspect.

The controversy in the Gilgo Beach Serial Murders case is that the suspect is still unknown; however, there was another open case of serial killings by another Long Island serial killer. Investigators believed that the murders of the Asian man and a woman with a child were the work of a different Long Island killer. Also, several bodies were not identified, and the targets were prostitutes so it could be something personal to the killer because he murdered only call girls and prostitutes. Also, there is a theory that the killer is a psychopath and his targets and victims were workers of sex because they are the misfortunate ones and it is less likely that someone

This case lacks evidence because the only evidence law enforcement recovered was victim’s bodies, how they are connected, and several pieces of cheap jewelry on the toddler’s body. All the bodies were placed in the burlap sack or wrapped in plastic sheet. No other DNA was recovered besides the ones of the victims. It is very difficult to prove who is responsible for these murders because of lack of evidence which could link to the killer. Also, the cell phone calls could have been credible evidence, but it did not help because police could not trace phone calls to the suspect. Criminal profiling is well done, but there are many people who could fall under such description. Because murders were so far apart and some bodies were mutilated it is difficult to define when and how some victims