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The Gilgo Beach Murders Investigation

How the case remained unsolved for so long?

Introduction

In this VME I will be analyzing various artifacts that hold significance towards the Gilgo Beach Murders Investigation. The investigation which remained unsolved for decades and has old been solved recently. The killer Rex Heuermann who was imprisoned in 2023 and later on confessed in court to being responsible to multitude of homicides. I will explore this and  various pieces of evidence will be evaluated to determine why the case remained unsolved for so long, and what role each piece of evidence played throughout the timeline of the case. I will also be looking at technology and how it has improved throughout the case to look back on older pieces of evidence and examine them to create new leads and findings for investigators to get closer to finding a suspect. I will be taking a Diachronic approach in the matter, studying each artifact from the date and time it was found and the way investigators were able to use the pieces of evidence and show the stages of the investigation. My VME will include an introduction to each of the artifacts. A timeline to each of my artifacts and their specific significance. Scenes of the murders displayed in a murder map that shows the location of each victim's body and where they were found throughout the investigation. An old evidence and new technology section showing how the evolution of technology as time went on was able to advance the case further and create new leads with modern equipment. Finally there will be the Shannan Gilbert 911 recording which gives audio evidence and a viewers perspective of what an early piece of evidence was seen like to investigators at the start of the crimes.

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