OAK BEACH, N.Y.—A woman who disappeared in a beach community on New York’s Long Island more than a decade ago, sparking an investigation into a possible serial killer, said “there’s somebody after me” in a newly released 911 tape.
But Suffolk County police said Friday they still believe Shannan Gilbert’s death near Gilgo Beach was a “tragic accident” unconnected to the slayings of multiple other women whose remains were found in the same area in 2010 and 2011.
“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,” Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said.
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