The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice

Hi. This is shannan.

How's it going?

I look even better in person.

Yeah. How much?

You're gonna have to do better than that.

You won't be sorry,

you're just gonna have to do better than that.

Huh, okay, okay.

What's your address?

Okay, just hold on one sec.

Huh.

Okay, can you just actually text me the address?

I have to give it to my driver.

Okay.

Don't look at my phone.

Bye, mom. Sarra.

Bye.

Where you goin'?

I have a date.

I'll be back for mother's day.

Shannan. Let me talk to joe.

He'll get you a job at the walmart with me.

My apartment rent went up.

I need to make some real money, mom.

You worry too much. Love you.

Bye.

Why do you let her get away with that, mom?

She's an adult, sarra. What can I do?

Get your feet off the counter.

Thanks, mike.

I'll call when I'm done.

hey, how are you? Come on in.

Hello?

Is this shannan gilbert's mother?

Yeah, it is. Who's this?

I run a home for wayward girls.

What? Who is this?

How do you know shannan?

Hello?

My god.

Hi. It's shannan. You know what to do.

Honey. Call me. Please.

I love you.

This is gorgeous.

Way too expensive, honey.

You're worth it, mom.

Every penny.

Come on, get closer, I want to get a photo.

Near jones beach.

Excuse me.

Yes, how can I help you, ma'am?

I want to report a missing person.

My daughter. My daughter shannan's missing.

How old is your daughter, ma'am?

She's 24.

She doesn't live with me, she was visiting last weekend

and I haven't heard from her since.

I called her cell a bunch of times

and she's not picking up.

And then a man called me, I didn't get his name,

he didn't tell me his name,

but he said he runs a home for "wayward girls."

is she a sex worker, ma'am?

She does that sometimes, yeah.

Last Saturday night she was on a call.

Then I found this address, which is near here, right?

I'm not from long island.

Does she live here, ma'am?

She lives in jersey city.

Just a sec.

Okay, ma'am, here we are, you're gonna have to

file that report in jersey city

and then they're gonna send it on to us.

But keep in mind ma'am

that your daughter's an adult in the sex industry.

It hasn't even been a week since you've seen her.

Jersey city?

Those are the rules, ma'am.

hello?

I tried to help your daughter but she's run away.

I'm really worried.

Wait. Hello?

He just called back, that man, he just called me back!

You gotta do something! You gotta do something!

We have to find where he is.

Let me take care of this.

I'm detective varrone.

You wanna tell me what's going on?

This man's calling me about my missing daughter.

He's called me twice now, and then he hangs up.

How long has she been missing? - Since last weekend.

Have a seat.

So, explain to me, somebody called?

He called and said he was trying to help my daughter.

Do you know who he is?

No, I don't know who he is.

He talks, he says a few things and then he gets off the phone.

Did you try to call him back? - Yes, I did.

I pushed and then it was blocked.

Did he sound like a young man? An older man?

I don't know. I don't know.

He just said he was trying to help my daughter so that,

and I've not heard from my daughter.

All right. Well maybe I can put a trace on that.

In the meantime,

why don't to give me your number and if-

I was trying to make a police report-

...If I find out anything, I'll call you back.

Where'd you take her?

What?

I haven't heard from her for over a week.

Where'd you take her?

She wouldn't leave.

She was hiding behind the sofa. She was acting all crazy.

Why? Did you give her drugs?

No, of course not. - Wait a minute.

After I dropped her off, you guys left the house.

Shannan okayed it with me.

You were gone for something like a quarter of an hour.

Did you take her to get drugs?

No.

Look, all I know is that the girl was acting nuts.

Called 9-1-1.

She called for help?

Yeah. Talked to them for over 20 minutes.

20 minutes?

Next thing I know, she was out the door.

Get her out of here.

Okay, alright.

Shannan, what's wrong?

Okay. Just...

Shannan! Where are you going?

No, no! No! - Shannan! Shannan!

What the hell, man?

No, help!

hello?

Hello?

Help me.

Help me!

Help me, please.

Help me. They're trying to kill me.

What? Who? Who try and kill you?

Come in the house. You're safe, here.

I'm going to call the police.

It's okay.

Soon as I said we'll call the police, she run.

I see her running, past the boat,

down a path to the beach.

No!

Help me!

Here he is. Dom, you're late.

I know. I know, jimmy, sorry. Too much paperwork.

Come on. You know tom spota?

Sure. Da spota. Haven't seen you in a while.

How you been?

Keeping busy, you know.

Watching out for this one, here.

Right. You two go back.

Way back.

Took him off the streets when he was a kid.

Burke? A street kid?

Are you serious?

If it wasn't me, this guy'd be in jail right now.

No way in hell he'd be a cop.

Come on.

If it wasn't for me,

your conviction record would be garbage.

You know what? You know what?

I should've, I should've promoted that firehouse dog

instead of you.

Don't make promises you can't keep.

Give me a sec.

Grab me a beer?

Yeah, yeah. Light beer.

Hi, did you get my text?

You shouldn't have talked to those people.

Why not?

I haven't heard from you for nearly a week.

This takes time, ma'am.

You really want to do something?

Bring me a piece of her clothing,

something she wore recently that hasn't been washed.

You mean like for a body search?

Sorry, but, yeah.

Just in case.

Sarra, shannan come on, squeeze in.

Get closer and smile, please. Sarra, smile.

Smile, smile, there, there, good.

Always take pictures.

Where'd you get the money for this, shannan?

Do you like it?

I love it.

It's beside the point.

Where'd you get the money?

Are you selling yourself again, shannan?

How I make my money it's none of your business, so-

everything you do is my business.

I'm your mother.

Since when?

Come on, please. Don't start.