Gilgo Beach investigation

From left, Suffolk Police Chief of Department Stuart Cameron, Det. Lt. Kevin Beyrer and Deputy Commissioner Tim Sini review the scene along Ocean Parkway in the Gilgo Beach area Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Gilgo Beach investigation.

Suffolk Police Deputy Commissioner Tim Sini, center, and Chief of Department Stuart Cameron, right, as they review the scene along Ocean Parkway in the Gilgo Beach area Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Gilgo Beach investigation.

A memorial for Amber Lynn Costello is pictured along Ocean Parkway in the Gilgo Beach area Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Suffolk County police officials reviewed the scene, where remains of 10 bodies were discovered, on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Gilgo Beach investigation.

A memorial for Melissa Barthelemy is pictured along Ocean Parkway in the Gilgo Beach area on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Suffolk County police officials reviewed the scene where the remains of 10 bodies were discovered, on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Gilgo Beach investigation.

Mari Gilbert sheds tears during a memorial for her daughter Shannan Gilbert at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015, with attorneys Frances Nicotra, left, and John Ray, right.

A plaque on Shannan Gilbert's coffin reads "In God's Care" on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Sherre Gilbert says goodbye to her sister, Shannan Gilbert, during a memorial service at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Sherre Gilbert wipes tears from her eyes while speaking about her sister, Shannan Gilbert, during a formal farewell for Shannan at Amityville Cemetery Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Stevie Gilbert, sister of Shannan Gilbert, holds a photograph of her sister during a formal farewell for Shannan at Amityville Cemetery Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Stuart Cameron, commanding officer of the Special Patrol Bureau, address media at Oak Beach, in Babylon, Monday, Dec 5, 2011. Following the resignation of James Burke, Suffolk County Chief of Department, Cameron has been named the acting chief on Oct. 27, 2015.

Mari Gilbert, second from left, mother of Shannan Gilbert, is comforted by attorney Frances Nicotra, left, and Mari's daughter Sherre Gilbert, with her son Adysen, 4, during a formal farewell for Shannan Gilbert at Amityville Cemetery Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Mari Gilbert kneels beside the coffin of her daughter, Shannan, at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

A memorial service for Shannan Gilbert is held at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Attorneys John Ray, left, and Frances Nicotra, second from right, lead Mari Gilbert, center, to the grave site of her daughter, Shannan, at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Adysen, 4, Sherre Gilbert's son, places a flower on the coffin of his aunt, Shannan Gilbert, at a memorial service at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

A heart-shaped collage with photographs of Shannan Gilbert is placed beside her coffin during a memorial service at Amityville Cemetery on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

A makeshift memorial for a victim found at Gilgo Beach was set up along Ocean Parkway on the afternoon of April 30, 2013.

A car passes by a makeshift memorial for a victim found buried at Gilgo Beach along Ocean Parkway on the afternoon of Dec. 10, 2012.

Mari Gilbert places flowers at the site where her daughter, Shannan Gilbert, was found dead inside a wooded area along the eastbound Ocean Parkway between Oak Beach and the Robert Moses Causeway on March 10, 2012.

Mari Gilbert stands at Oak Beach Saturday morning, March 10, 2012, where she visited the site where her daughter, Shannon Gilbert, was found dead in a wooded area along the eastbound Ocean Parkway between Oak Beach and the Robert Moses Causeway.

Mari Gilbert visits the site where her daughter, Shannan Gilbert, was found dead inside a wooded area along the eastbound Ocean Parkway between Oak Beach and the Robert Moses Causeway. Joining her was her daughter, Sarra Gilbert and her husband, Manny Martinez. (March 10, 2012)

Mari Gilbert, visits site with her daughter Sarra Gilbert, where her daughter Shannon Gilbert, was found dead inside wooded area along the eastbound Ocean Parkway between Oak Beach and the Robert Moses Causeway. (Mar. 10, 2012)

Mari Gilbert, mother of Shannan Gilbert, appears with her lawyer, John Ray, at Oak Beach on Dec. 20, 2011, where he called for federal authorities to assist in the investigation into the Long Island serial killer case.

A Christmas stocking is hung for Shannan Gilbert, at the house of her mother, Mari Cox Gilbert, in Ellenville. (Dec. 20, 2011)

Mari Gilbert, mother of Shannan Gilbert, appears with her lawyer, John Ray, at Oak Beach on Dec. 20, 2011, where he called for federal authorities to assist in the investigation into the Long Island serial killer case.

Mari Gilbert, mother of Shannan Gilbert, during a candle light vigil near Gilgo Beach on Dec. 13, 2011.

Markers left at the scene in Babylon where the remains of Shannan Gilbert were found inside a wooded area between Oak Beach and the Robert Moses Causeway, along the eastbound Ocean Parkway, on Dec. 17, 2011.

Mary Gilbert, right, mother of Shannan Gilbert, and Melissa Cann, sister of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, comfort each other on Dec. 13, 2011, after police found what they believe to be the remains of Shannan Gilbert, who went missing in May 2010.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer testifies at a Suffolk County legislative meeting Thursday. (Dec. 15, 2011)

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer testifies at a meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota appears outside the Suffolk County Legislature building in Hauppauge on Dec. 15, 2011.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota voices his disagreement with Police Commissioner Richard Dormer's one-killer theory in the Gilgo Beach case at a Suffolk County Legislature meeting on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.

Kimberly Overstreet, sister of Amber Costello, visits the site where her sister's body was found along Ocean Parkway on Dec. 13, 2011.

Kimberly Overstreet, sister of Amber Costello, visits the site where her sister's body was found along Ocean Parkway. (Dec. 13, 2011)

Lorraine Ela, right, mother of victim Megan Waterman, and Melissa Cann, sister of victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes, comfort one another at Oak Beach on Dec. 13, 2011, one morning after hearing a police news conference announce human remains had been found.

Poilce Commissioner Richard Dormer, left, talks to Lorraine Ela, right, the mother of victim Megan Waterman, and Melissa Cann, center, sister of victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes, at Oak Beach on Dec. 13, 2011.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer addresses the media at Oak Beach to announce that police had found what they believe to be the remains of Shannan Gilbert on Dec. 13, 2011.

A Suffolk County police officer shakes hands with Lorraine Ela, the mother of Megan Waterman, as Melissa Cann, sister of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, looks on at Oak Beach on Dec. 12, 2011.

Melissa Cann, left, sister of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, and Lorraine Ela, mother of Megan Waterman, are seen walking at Oak Beach on Dec 12, 2011.

Melissa Cann, the sister of victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes, appears at Oak Beach on Monday, Dec 12, 2011.

A flower placed where police say a serial killer's victim was left along the Ocean Parkway. (Dec. 11, 2011)

Lynn Barthelemy looks at a photograph of her daughter, Melissa, whose body was found at Gilgo Beach a year ago. (Dec. 9, 2011)

Lyn Barthelemy holds a photograph of her daughter, Melissa. (Dec. 9, 2011)

Stuart Cameron, right, commanding officer of the special patrol bureau of the Suffolk County Police Department, leads Det. Sgt. Thomas Groneman, of the homicide squad, into a helicopter as police resume their search for Shannan Gilbert's remains near Oak Beach. (Dec. 8, 2011)

Police board a helicopter near Oak Beach as the search resumes for Shannan Gilbert's remains. (Dec. 8, 2011)

Additional heavy equipment is brought into parking lot in Oak Beach for police to use in the search for Shannon Gilbert's remains. (Dec. 8, 2011)

In a continuing effort to find the remains of Shannan Gilbert Suffolk County police search the marsh in the Oak Beach community. (Dec. 7, 2011)

Part of the Oak Beach marsh area where officers are searching for remains of Shannan Gilbert. (Dec. 7, 2011)

Flanked by police officials, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer, center, updates the media on the latest information on the search for Shannon Gilbert's body at Oak Beach on Dec. 7, 2011.

A path has been made through marsh at the Oak Beach community where Suffolk County police are for the remains of Shannan Gilbert, on Dec. 7, 2011.

Police search the marsh in the Oak Beach community for the remains of Shannan Gilbert on Dec. 7, 2011.

More of the marsh area where police use a ditcher, an amphibious-tracked vehicle, to search for remains of Shannan Gilbert, on Dec. 7, 2011.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer arrives at Oak Beach on Dec. 7, 2011.

A dredging machine searches through a marsh in Oak Beach on Dec. 7, 2011, as the search continues for the remains of Shannan Gilbert, who authorities say was working as a prostitute when she disappeared in the area in May 2010.

Suffolk County police use a machine provided by the Suffolk County Vector Control to navigate the marshland around Oak Beach. (Dec. 7, 2011)

Suffolk County police continue searching the Oak Beach community early Dec. 7, 2011. They are utilizing a ditcher used to navigate the marshland provided by the Suffolk County Vector Control.

Suffolk County police continue searching the Oak Beach area early Wednesday. (Dec. 7, 2011)

Police search an area near Oak Beach, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 6, 2011.

A policeman searches an Oak Beach community Tuesday afternoon. (Dec. 6, 2011)

Police cars move in to search an Oak Beach community Tuesday afternoon. (Dec. 6, 2011)

A Google Earth image of Oak Beach. Authorities continued their search for Shannan Gilbert in the area Tuesday. (Dec. 6, 2011)

Gus Coletti, an Oak Beach resident, saw police return to Oak Beach Tuesday morning in their search for missing woman, Shannan Gilbert. (Dec. 6, 2011)

Police search an Oak Beach community in the Shannon Gilbert disappearance case. (Dec. 6, 2011)

Suffolk County police investigate an Oak Beach community as they continue their search for Shannan Gilbert. (Dec. 6, 2011)

An officer from the Suffolk County Police K-9 unit searches for Shannan Gilbert and clues that might lead to a suspected serial killer in the area around Gilgo Beach on Dec. 5, 2011.

Nassau County police prepare to search the brush along the westbound Ocean Parkway near Tobay Beach in Babylon. (Dec. 5, 2011)

Officers from the Suffolk County Police K-9 unit are pictured searching the brush inside a parking lot at Gilgo Beach in Babylon. (Dec. 5, 2011)

Suffolk County Police Department officers gather this morning as they prepare to continue the search for human remains in the Gilgo Beach area. (Dec. 5, 2011)

Suffolk County Police Department officers gather as they prepare to continue the search for human remains in the Gilgo Beach area. (Dec. 5, 2011)

Officers from the Suffolk County Police Department gather in the Gilgo Beach area on Dec. 5, 2011.

Police continue their search for human remains along Ocean Parkway at Gilgo Beach on the foggy morning of Dec. 5, 2011.

During a news conference in Yaphank on Sept. 20, 2011, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer shows jewelry that some of the victims in the Gilgo Beach case had been wearing.

Surrounded by other members of the department, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer addresses the Gilgo Beach serial killer case during a press conference in Yaphank on Sept. 20, 2011.

Photos released by the Suffolk County Police Dept. showing jewelry that was found along with unidentified human remains at Gilgo Beach. (Sept. 20, 2011)

Sketch released by the Suffolk County Police Dept. of one of the victims whose remains were found at Gilgo Beach. (Sept. 20, 2011)

Sketch released by the Suffolk County Police Dept. of one of the victims whose remains were found at Gilgo Beach. (Sept. 20, 2011)

A K-9 unit searches along the northbound Robert Moses Causeway, just north of the Ocean Parkway, in West Islip Tuesday morning. (June 7, 2011)

A K-9 unit searches along the northbound Robert Moses Causeway, just north of the Ocean Parkway, in West Islip, Tuesday morning, June 7, 2011.

Police plan their search at Captree State Park Tuesday morning. (June 7, 2011)

Police plan out their search at Captree State Park Tuesday morning. (June 7, 2011)

State and Suffolk police gather at staging area along Robert Moses Causeway before continuing their search for evidence or remains in the Long Island serial killer case. (June 7, 2011)

Map on display at Hauppauge press conference where officials disclosed additional information, including the identification of another victim, Jessica Taylor. (May 9, 2011)

An investigator along the southbound Wantagh Parkway between the Ocean Parkway and Merrick Road Monday morning, where police resumed the search for Shannan Gilbert. (May 2, 2011)

New York State park police search brush west of the Robert Moses Bridge at Captree State Park in West Islip using an ATV on Monday afternoon, May 2, 2011.

Police recover a shoe where a skull had been found along the north side of Ocean Parkway on Long Island's South Shore. (April 22, 2011)

State Police enter the brushes with shovels as they search the area where a skull was found along the north side of Ocean Parkway on Long Island's South Shore, April 22, 2011.

A Nassau County police helicopter conducts an aerial search over the Ocean Parkway. (April 22, 2011)

Suffolk County police marine units search for Shannan Gilbert in the Oak Beach community, where she was last seen alive, using metal detectors and a rake. (April 20, 2011)

Marine units resume the search for Shannan Gilbert in the Oak Beach community where she was last seen alive using metal detectors and a rake on April 20, 2011.

Marine units resume search for Shannon Gilbert in the Oak Beach Community where she was last seen alive, using metal detectors and a rake. (April 20, 2011)

Marine units resume search for Shannon Gilbert in the Oak Beach Community where she was last seen alive, using metal detectors and a rake. (April 20, 2011)

A New York State Trooper, left, talks with a Suffolk County Police officer as they restrict access to the westbound Ocean Parkway west of Cedar Beach. (April 18, 2011)

A New York State Trooper, left, chats with a Suffolk County Police officer as they restrict access to the westbound Ocean Parkway west of Cedar Beach. (April 18, 2011)

A Blackhawk helicopter, which is being used by investigators in the search for more possible human remains and evidence, flies above Ocean Parkway near Cedar Beach Monday morning. (April 18, 2011)

The FBI examines evidence near Hemlock Cove in Babylon, which is between Cedar and Gilgo Beach. (April 15, 2011)

Suffolk County police marine units search Hemlock Cove in Babylon, which is between Cedar and Gilgo Beach, for Shannon Gilbert's remains, on April 14, 2011.

Nassau Police investigators examine a wooded area along the westbound Ocean Parkway, west of Tobay Beach in Wantagh, on April 14, 2011.

Nassau County Police pause near a wooded area along the westbound Ocean Parkway, west of Tobay Beach in Wantagh where the search for human remains continues. (April 14, 2011)

A Nassau County police helicopter searches brush along the westbound Ocean Parkway near Jones Beach. (April 14, 2011)

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A Suffolk County police crime scene van sits at the location where evidence was recovered from Hemlock Cove in Babylon. (April 14, 2011)

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At a morning news conference from Field 6 in Jones Beach, State Police Capt. Louis J. Weber Jr. said aircraft will focus not only on the desolate barrier island beach stretching from Jones Beach State Park to the Robert Moses Causeway, but also will photograph other areas similar to the landscape along Ocean Parkway. (April 14, 2011)

At a morning news conference from Field 6 at Jones Beach, State Police Capt. Louis J. Weber Jr. discusses aircraft that will be focusing not only on the desolate barrier island beach stretching from Jones Beach State Park to the Robert Moses Causeway, but also will photograph other areas similar to the landscape along Ocean Parkway on April 14, 2011.

A file photo of Suffolk County Marine Bureau police divers conducting a search in Hemlock Cove between Cedar Beach and Gilgo Beach. (April 13, 2011)

Suffolk County Police Department divers conduct a water search in Hemlock Cove in Babylon, which is between Cedar and Gilgo Beach, on April 13, 2011.

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Authorities continue their investigation into the deaths of 10 people dumped in the Gilgo Beach area, facing a big hurdle in identifying five of the sets of remains. The first four sets of remains — found in December — were identified through DNA and are believed to be victims of the same killer. Investigators say that there were at least two other killers who dumped bodies in the beach area.

PHOTO: Suffolk County Police divers conduct a search of the waters in Hemlock Cove in Babylon. (April 13, 2011)

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Suffolk County police marine units work on measurements for a search grid planned at Hemlock Cove in Babylon, which is between Cedar and Gilgo Beach. (April 12, 2011)

Suffolk County police marine units take measurements for a search grid planned at Hemlock Cove in Babylon, which is between Cedar and Gilgo Beach, on April 12, 2011.

Suffolk County police marine units take measurements for a search grid planned at Hemlock Cove in Babylon. (April 12, 2011)

A Nassau County police helicopter searches above the brush along the Ocean Parkway at Jones Beach Tuesday. (April 12, 2011)

Officers in a low-flying Nassau police department helicopter scanned a 40-acre marshland near Jones Beach State Park Tuesday morning as investigators continued to look for clues in the case of a potential serial killer. (April 12, 2011)

Officers in a low-flying Nassau police department helicopter scanned a 40-acre marshland near Jones Beach State Park Tuesday morning. Observers searching from the air will pinpoint areas of interest via GPS, an official said. (April 12, 2011)

An aerial view of Ocean Parkway between ToBay Beach and Jones Beach. (April 9, 2011)

State police and other investigators converge on westbound Ocean Parkway in Wantagh. (April 11, 2011)

State police and other investigators converge on westbound Ocean Parkway in Wantagh. (April 11, 2011)

State Police and other investigators examine an object on the side of the road near Jones Beach in Wantagh. (April 11, 2011)

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano addresses the media at Field 6 at Jones Beach on April 11, 2011.

Nassau County mounted police ride the brush line along the Ocean Parkway near Tobay Beach. They are part of an expanded search for human remains suspected to be the work of a serial killer. (April 11, 2011)

Nassau mounted officers ride along the brush line in search of human remains near Tobay Beach. The search has been expanded after human remains were found near Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County. (April 11, 2011)

A State Police officer photographs a spot in tangled brush along the Ocean Parkway near Tobay Beach where searchers had just found a set of bones, later identified as animal remains, on April 11, 2011.

Nassau County police search in tangled brush along the Ocean Parkway, April 11, 2011.

Nassau County police in protective gear search Monday morning, April 11, 2011, in tangled brush along Ocean Parkway near Tobay Beach.

Nassau County police walk Monday morning in tangled brush along the Ocean Parkway near Tobay Beach where searchers had just found a set of bones, later identified as animal remains. (April 11, 2011)

A file photo of State Police searching brush near Field 6 at Jones Beach. (April 11, 2011)

New York State Police search brush near Field 6 at Jones Beach as the investigation in to an apparent serial killer expands. (April 11, 2011)

New York State Police search brush near Field 6 at Jones Beach Monday morning, April 11, 2011, looking for human remains, as the investigation into an apparent serial killer expands.

Nassau County police officers gather at Tobay Beach Monday morning to begin a search for human remains west of the Suffolk County line. The search site expanded westward this past week after more remains were found west of Gilgo Beach in Suffolk, where bodies were originally found in December. (April 11, 2011)

An aerial view of the area between ToBay Beach and Jones Beach. (April 9, 2011)

Troopers walk along Ocean Parkway from the Nassau County Line to the area west where the search will end, measuring with a rolling measuring device. (April 8, 2011)

Troopers walk along Ocean Parkway from the Nassau County Line to the area west where the search on Monday will end, measuring with rolling measuring device. (April 8, 2011)

Two ladder trucks used in a search for additional remains or cluse on the westbound Ocean Parkway at Oak Beach. (April 7, 2011)

Police use a tower ladder to search for more bodies behind homes behind Tobay Beach Wednesday. (April 6, 2011)

Firefighters search for bodies from a tower ladder over the brush north of Ocean Parkway just east of homes near Gilgo Beach. (April 6, 2011)

Suffolk County recruits from the police academy prepare to comb the dunes and south shoreline just east of Gilgo Beach for clues to what happened to the people buried in the vicinity of Ocean Parkway. (April 6, 2011)

A command post returns to the scene along Ocean Parkway in Babylon where a search resumed for more clues near the site where the remains of eight bodies have already been found. (April 6, 2011)

Suffolk County recruits from the police academy walk along the Ocean Parkway eastbound lanes as they comb the dunes and south shoreline just east of Gilgo Beach, Wednesday morning, April 6, 2011.

Sherre Gilbert, sister of missing woman Shannan Gilbert, says she feels overwhelmed by recent events regarding her sister. (April 5, 2011)

Sherre Gilbert, sister of missing woman Shannan Gilbert, conducts a phone interview at her home in Ellenville, N.Y. (April 5, 2011)

A police officer uses a shovel to fight through brush as the search for additional bodies intensified along the westbound Ocean Parkway near Cedar Beach Marina in Babylon on April 5, 2011.

Police search Cedar Beach on April 5, 2011.

Emergency personnel search the dunes and scrub near the ocean, across the road from where eight bodies where found, near Oak Beach on April 5, 2011. Investigators have expanded their search of a remote, densely overgrown stretch of a barrier island as they hunt for more victims of a possible serial killer.

A cadaver sniffing dog searches the scrub along the side of the road near Oak Beach, N.Y. Investigators have expanded their search of a remote, densely overgrown stretch of a New York barrier island as they hunt for more victims of a possible serial killer. (April 5, 2011)

Emergency personnel search the scrub on the side of the road near Oak Beach on April 5, 2011.

The Suffolk County Crime Lab unit arrives on the westbound Ocean Parkway in Babylon Tuesday as they returned to the scene near Gilgo Beach. (April 5, 2011)

The Suffolk County Crime Lab unit arrives on the westbound Ocean Parkway in Babylon Tuesday. (April 5, 2011)

Investigators probe an area along Ocean Parkway. (April 4, 2011)

Investigators probe an area along Ocean Parkway. (April 4, 2011)

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer addresses the media in the parking lot of Oak Beach on April 4, 2011, as Dominick Varrone, chief of detectives, looks on.

A Suffolk County police recruit searches along brush along the westbound side of Ocean Parkway on April 4, 2011.

A K-9 unit searches brush along the westbound side of Ocean Parkway in Babylon, April 4, 2011.

Police continue their investigation, using a fire truck bucket ladder, in the area between Oak Beach and West Gilgo Beach, along the westbound lanes on Ocean Parkway. (April 4, 2011)

Police conducting a search use a fire truck bucket ladder in the area between Oak Beach and West Gilgo Beach, along the westbound lanes on Ocean Parkway, where the remains of five people were recently found. (April 4, 2011)

Drivers are warned that the westbound Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach will be closed from the Robert Moses Causeway to Tobay Beach on Monday. (April 4, 2011)

An orange arrow marks where a body was discovered just west of Cedar Beach in Babylon. The bodies of four women were found about a mile away in December. (March 31, 2011)

The spot dug up where a fifth body was found just west of Cedar Beach in Babylon, March 31, 2011.

Shannan Gilbert's sister Sherre Gilbert in Ellenville home. (March 30, 2011)

Sarra Gilbert, 22, sister of Shannan Gilbert, talks at her home in Ellenville. (March 30, 2011)

Stevie Smith, half-sister of Shannan Gilbert at her home in Ellenville. (March 30, 2011)

Sarra Gilbert, sister of Shannan Gilbert, speaks at her home in Ellenville. (March 30, 2011)

An aerial view of Joseph Brewer's Oak Beach home (brown house, center). (March 31, 2011)

Homicide detectives and crime lab investigators probe area where bones were found west of Cedar Beach, March 30, 2011.

An aerial view of authorities turning vehicles around from the westbound Ocean Parkway lanes (bottom) before Gilgo Beach on March 31, 2011.

Aerial view of a Suffolk Police Command Post vehicle near Gilgo Beach on March 31, 2011.

An aerial view of Joseph Brewer's Oak Beach home (brown house, center). (March 31, 2011)

A file photo of Joseph Brewer, who the last person to see Shannan Gilbert alive. He is seen outside his West Islip home. (March 30, 2011)

Joseph Brewer, the last person to see Shannan Gilbert alive, is seen outside his West Islip home. (March 30, 2011)

Burned-out flares mark the spot where authorities have Ocean Parkway closed as police further down the road search the Gilgo Beach area where skeletal remains have been found. (March 30, 2011)

Ocean Parkway is closed as police search Gilgo Beach Tuesday night. (March 29, 2011)

Ocean Parkway is closed off as police search Gilgo Beach on March 29, 2011.

Ocean Parkway is closed off as police search Gilgo Beach. (March 29, 2011)

Police with cadaver-sniffing dogs again scour a South Shore road near Gilgo Beach, March 29, 2011.

Suffolk County police scour an area near Gilgo Beach using a helicopter on March 29, 2011.

Police with cadaver-sniffing dogs again scoured the area where four bodies were found in December 2010, on March 29, 2011.

Maureen Brainard-Barnes of the Bronx, one of the missing women identified by police regarding the the discovery of human remains at Gilgo Beach in December.

Megan Waterman of Scarborough, Maine, went missing on June 6, 2010, in Hauppauge.

A photo of Melissa Barthelemy, who was identified by police as one of the bodies found at Gilgo Beach in December. (Jan. 24, 2011)

Melissa Barthelemy, 24, of Buffalo, was one of four women found dead near Gilgo Beach.

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Melissa Barthelemy was identified by police as one of the bodies found at Gilgo Beach in December.

Amber Lynn Costello was identified by police as one of the bodies found at Gilgo Beach in December. (Jan. 24, 2011)

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer announces on Jan. 24, 2011 the identities of the four bodies found near Ocean Parkway.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota shows the four women whose bodies were found near Ocean Parkway at Gilgo Beach on Jan. 24, 2011.

Maureen Brainard-Barnes, left, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy, and Amber Lynn Costello (not pictured) were all found dead near Gilgo Beach in December 2010.

Suffolk County police search Ocean Parkway after four bodies were found in the area on Dec. 14, 2010.

Police units search Ocean Parkway after four bodies were found in the area, Dec. 16, 2010.

Police comb sand dunes and marshland along Ocean Parkway after four bodies were discovered between Oak Beach, Cedar Beach and Gilgo Beach. (Dec. 14, 2010)

A missing-person sign on Lorraine Ela's vehicle in South Portland, Maine. Ela's daughter, Megan Waterman, went missing in June. (Dec. 15, 2010)

Lorraine Ela of South Portland, Maine, who's daughter Megan Waterman went missing in June, speaks on the phone. (Dec. 15, 2010)

Lorraine Ela of South Portland, Maine, who's daughter Megan Waterman went missing in June, is interviewed by reporters at her home. (Dec. 15, 2010)

An aerial photo taken over Oak Beach. (Dec. 16, 2010)

Suffolk County police comb the dunes after four bodies were discovered on the north side of Ocean Parkway, left, between Oak Beach, Cedar Beach and Gilgo Beach on Dec. 14, 2010.

Four female bodies were found in the brush along the westbound lanes of Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach. (Dec. 21, 2010)

Shannan Gilbert, left, with her aunt Lori Grove in December 2009.

A New Jersey woman, center, who disappeared at Oak Beach in May is not among the four female bodies found dumped in Gilgo Beach, Suffolk authorities said. Investigators concluded that Shannan Gilbert, 24, of Jersey City, couldn't be one of the four whose badly decomposed remains were found in the brush off Ocean Parkway.

Joseph Brewer said he called prostitute Shannan Gilbert to his house in Oak Beach last summer before she went missing. (Dec. 17, 2010)

December 21, 2010-Shown is a painted arrow pointing to the first of four locations female bodies were found last week in the brush along the westbound lanes/bayside of Ocean Parkway, between Oak Beach and Cedar Beach, Tuesday December 21, 2010. Authorites have not revealed a suspect in the dumping of the bodies nor the identities of the remains recovered. ( photo by Kevin P. Coughlin)

An arrow painted by investigators points to the first of four locations female bodies were found in the brush along the westbound lanes of Ocean Parkway, between Oak Beach and Cedar Beach on Dec. 21, 2010.

Suffolk County police K-9 officer John Mallia and his partner "Blue" found four bodies near Oak Beach on Ocean Parkway. (Dec. 14, 2010)

Suffolk County police K-9 officer John Mallia and his partner "Blue" found four bodies near Oak Beach on Ocean Parkway. (Dec. 14, 2010)

Police units search Ocean Parkway after four bodies were found in the area, Dec. 16, 2010.

An undated aerial image of Oak Beach.

Aerial photos over Cedar Beach show a state trooper with a cadaver dog searching vegetation in the median of Ocean Parkway between Cedar Beach and Gilgo Beach, Dec. 16, 2010.

Aerial photos over Cedar Beach show a state trooper with a cadaver dog searching vegetation in the median of Ocean Parkway between Cedar Beach and Gilgo Beach on Dec. 16, 2010.

Police units search Ocean Parkway on Dec. 16, 2010.

An aerial photo of the Oak Island home of Joseph Brewer. (Dec. 16, 2010)

An aerial photo of the Oak Island home of Joseph Brewer. (Dec. 16, 2010)

An SUV that was taken from the area near Oak Beach is rolled in into the crime lab in Hauppauge Thursday morning. (Dec. 16, 2010)

Police gather at a staging area at Oak Beach. (Dec. 16, 2010)

Police mark off area on westbound Ocean Parkway where they planned to continue a search for more evidence Thursday morning. (Dec. 16, 2010)

A sign announcing the road closure of Ocean Parkway Thursday morning as police investigate the area surrounding where four bodies have been found in the last week. (Dec. 16, 2010)

The house at 8 The Fairway on Oak Beach, where Joseph Brewer allegedly met Shannan Gilbert, who advertised on Craigslist as an escort. (Dec. 15, 2010)

The house at 8 The Fairway on Oak Beach, where Joseph Brewer allegedly met Shannan Gilbert, who advertised on Craigslist as an escort. (Dec. 15, 2010)

Police with a search dog comb the dunes after four bodies were discovered on the side of Ocean Parkway. (Dec. 14, 2010)

Suffolk County police comb the dunes with a search dog after four bodies were discovered on the side of Ocean Parkway on Dec. 14, 2010.

The Suffolk County police K-9 unit searches wooded brush along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, where several bodies were recovered, Dec. 14, 2010.

Police continue searching wooded brush along Ocean Parkway, where four bodies were recovered. (Dec. 14, 2010)

Investigators search on Monday night for more bodies near Ocean Parkway between Gilgo Beach and Cedar Beach. (Dec. 13, 2010)

Investigators search for more bodies near Ocean Parkway between Gilgo Beach and Cedar Beach, Monday night. (Dec. 13, 2010)

An aerial view shows investigators on the westbound Ocean Parkway near Gilgo and Cedar Beach. (Dec. 13, 2010)

Investigators search for more bodies near Ocean Parkway between Gilgo Beach and Cedar Beach, Monday night. (Dec. 13, 2010)

December 13, 2010, NY: Babylon, NY: Homicide investigators on the Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in in Babylon Monday where several bodies were discovered. (Photo by James Carbone)

Investigators search the westbound lanes of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, near where another body was discovered, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010.

State police close off the westbound Ocean Parkway after a second body was discovered near Gilgo Beach. (Dec. 13, 2010)

Investigators search the westbound lanes of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, near where another body was discovered Monday. (Dec. 13, 2010)

Investigators search the westbound lanes of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, near where another body was discovered. (Dec. 13, 2010)

Investigators search the westbound lanes of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. (Dec. 13, 2010)