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Police Release Disturbing 911 Call From Woman Who Went Missing More Than A Decade Ago

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Published 17:04 14 May 2022 GMT+1

Police Release Disturbing 911 Call From Woman Who Went Missing More Than A Decade Ago

Shannan Gilbert is one of many women whose deaths are connected to a serial killer who remains at large

Daisy Phillipson

Daisy Phillipson

New York police have released the 911 call of a woman who went missing more than 10 years ago.

Shannan Gilbert, who was 24 at the time she went missing in 2010, is one of many women whose deaths are connected to a serial killer who remains at large. 

During the search for the sex worker in Long Island, police uncovered the remains of 10 other people, including four women in the area Gilbert disappeared who were identified as missing sex workers. 

In December 2011, Gilbert’s remains were discovered not far from where she was last seen near Gilgo Beach.

Police initially suggested Shannan had accidentally drowned after getting lost in tall reeds and that her death wasn’t related to the others in the area, a stance they maintain today.

Speaking on Friday (13 May), Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said: “Based on the evidence, the facts, and the totality of the circumstances, the prevailing opinion in Shannan’s death, while tragic, was not a murder and was most likely noncriminal.”

But while a previous county medical examiner’s official autopsy found the cause of death to be ‘undetermined’, a private autopsy by Gilbert’s family ruled it as ‘consistent with homicidal strangulation’. 

Shannan Gilbert went missing 12 years ago.
Eyewitness News ABC7NY/YouTube

Gilbert called 911 from the Oak Beach home of one of her clients on May 1, 2010, before fleeing the house and banging on the doors of neighbours. 

In the audio released by authorities, she can be heard repeatedly telling dispatchers: “There’s somebody after me.”

She adds: “They’re going to kill me,” as the dispatcher attempts to get more information on her location, and she can later be heard running and screaming. 

Police also released a video in which they give context to the audio file, explaining that Gilbert’s driver Michael Pak and her client Joseph Brewer can be heard as they try to get her to leave Brewer’s home.

When she left she ran to the home of Gus Colletti, who called 911 and said she was ‘running around here screaming and there's some guy trying to follow her’.

Police hope the 911 call and other evidence released will help them to solve the cases.
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The driver had attempted to find Gilbert but was left with no choice but to leave, with police determining that both Pak and Brewer cooperated with them in the investigation and neither are suspects. 

The investigation in the Gilgo Beach case is ongoing. Harrison, who was sworn in as Suffolk's police commissioner earlier this year, has promised to make it a priority.

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact Cruse Bereavement Care via their national helpline on 0808 808 1677

Featured Image Credit: Eyewitness News ABC7NY/YouTube

Topics: Crime, US News, Police

Daisy Phillipson
Daisy Phillipson

Daisy graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Magazine Journalism, writing a thesis on the move from print to digital publishing. Continuing this theme, she has written for a range of online publications including Digital Spy and Little White Lies, with a particular passion for TV and film. Contact her on [email protected]

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