"Did she get hurt?" We certainly believe that he may have called to offer his assistance.". No one would give her a job," said Cann. "We want to see whether Shannan really could've taken the trip police believe she took," Ray said before heading into the marsh. When her mom died, Sherre wrote about it on Facebook the next day, sharing that Sarra had battled mental illness for more than two years. ", Dr. Hackett later admitted in letters to "48 Hours" that he had called Shannan's mother, but he said it was later in the week and he did so at the request of friends who were searching for Shannan to be "supportive." "Absolutely not. "But, in retrospect, people thought there were signs. Mari Gilbert's daughters dealt with the tragedy of their sister Shannan in different ways. "It was like 5:00 in the morning," Colletti recalled. When she has moments of lucidity, I know shell be devastated by what she has done., Laster called it one tragedy on top of another., This is a family that needed a lot of help. Meserve says. Six more bodies would eventually be found. "All the responding officers can believe at this point is that whoever was in the SUV picked up this girl and they're gone," said Varrone. In 2016, Mari Gilbert was found dead in her daughter Sarra Gilberts apartment in Ellenville, CBS New York reported. She died while searching for her missing daughter. Two neighbors signed affidavits -- one stating the doctor had given him "a prescription injectable steroid" and another claiming that Hackett "provided prescriptions for Oak Beach residents.". / CBS News, Produced by Clare Friedland and Liza Finley. She's not missing. And I would be amazed as to why wasn't that brought to our attention? "But wouldn't you sound that way if you were panicked and afraid?" I was able to meet with her, and talk with her. Dr. Michael M. Baden conducted the autopsy and said she might have been murdered. While the calls he made to Shannan's family may be strange, they're not out of character. Mari Gilbert was an American Activist who had a very tragic life. She was not perfect, but she was loved and she was cared for, Gilbert told the press in 2011. Its not clear what triggered Gilberts fear and a23-minute call she placed to 911has never been publicly released. Mari had By 2010, Shannan was an aspiring actor who lived in Jersey City and worked as an escort. It doesn't seem plausible," said Kolker. But he would make a call to Shannan Gilbert's mother that she alleges linked him to the night she vanished. Schaller says the last time he saw Amber she was on her way to meet a client who had responded to her online ad. And she just kind of ignores that 'where are you' question and keeps saying 'someone's after me,'" Varonne explained. "It makes it easier for a killer who wants to work in the shadows," Moriarty noted. "We had a sinking feeling that it was her.". He says he just wanted her out of his house and even brought the driver in to get her to leave. ", Oddly, despite working closely with Mari on Shannan's disappearance, Ray also claimed Sarra's belief that Mari was demonic was partly based in truth. It worked. "But how would she lose her jeans as she's running?" Real Mari Gilbert of Netflix's Lost Girls Was Murdered in 2016 The Gilberts say they immediately filed a missing persons report, but with no news, they drove 140 miles from their home in upstate New York to Oak Beach, Long Island, to look for Shannan themselves. "He denied calling my mother," said Sherre Gilbert. In December 2010, detectives showed up at his door. Sherre, Sarras sister, spoke about Sarra after her sentencing and said they tried to get Sarrah help, but she would get better for a short period of time and then get worse again, People reported. 'Lost Girls': What Happened To Dr. Peter Hackett? "She was getting evicted from her house. They also argued that Sarra had been subjected to years of mental and physical abuse and had even suffered from sexual abuse at the hands of her mothers boyfriend. She has been Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. This week on Reasonable Doubt, the team takes on the Raul and Cathy Sarinana were sentenced to death for abusing Would love your thoughts, please comment. They arrested Sarra later that day and charged her with criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree murder. "There's no doubt in my mind" he replied. he replied. We allege that Dr. Peter Hackett has told others that he encountered Shannan knocking on his door on May 1, that he let her into his home and that he administered narcotics, Ray said outside the courthouse after filing the suit according toThe Long Island Press. Gene Coombs and Henry Williams had mistaken the politician for a drug dealer who had ripped them off. Lost Girls, a new Netflix movie helmed by Mari Gilbert's Daughter Sarra Gilbert Now? Also '", He opened the door. Serial Killer Indicted in 1989 Murder of Author's Daughter, Va. She wants people to know that her sister, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, may have worked as an escort, but she was much more than that. No one wants to know you. 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Peter Hackett's actions led to Shannan Gilbert's death," said Ray. Despite her well-documented history of severe mental illness and the fact that Sarra had gone off of her medication before the murder, Sarra was found guilty of murder in 2017 and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. Did you ever see her? But when Shannan's sisters went out to Oak Beach, they got a different story. "Shes what we call criminally insane. "My fiance and I were actually watching CNN they were televising where they found the bodies And we just looked at each other and we started cryin,'" Barthelemy recalled. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart said investigators were not necessarily certain if Shannan was killed. "The area in and around Gilgo Beach has been used to discard human remains for some period of time," a police officer said at a press conference. Local newspaper reports about Shannan Gilberts disappearance and the bodies discovered on Gilgo Beach. "The major symptoms of schizophrenia hit later," Garbus explains. She lived just 10 miles from the killer's dumping ground. They say time heals all wounds but I think time only hides it. Mari Gilberts deathwhich is revealed in an end-credits caption in Lost Girls came as a shock to all on July 23, 2016. Mari Gilbert. However, the prosecution and members of Sarras family told a story of a devious, manipulative young woman who tried to excuse her drug addiction as a mental illness. 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Schaller says the caller was so persuasive, Amber -- an experienced escort -- walked out the door without her purse or even a cell phone. Lost Girls, a mystery film that arrives on Netflix on March 13, is a dramatized account of an unresolved true crime story about a serial killer on New Yorks Long Island.. Based on a 2013 nonfiction book of the same name by Robert Kolker, the movie centers on Mari Gilbert, played by Amy Ryan, a single mother of three juggling multiple jobs whose Dr. Hackett has steadfastly denied ever seeing Shannan to the press. It was hard to breathe," said Cann. Mari Gilbert was an American activist and advocate for her late daughter, Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old aspiring author working as an escort who may have been murdered by the Long Island serial killer. I feel like if the right things were done maybe these girls would still be alive to this day," she said. But when Amber didn't call or come home, says Schaller, no one in her family even looked for her. She said she decided to keep the Facebook page going, despite her and her sister Stevies devastation, because of all the work and dedication her mom and their lawyer John Ray had put into Shannans case. The suit claims Dr. Hackett improperly treated Shannan Gilbert and points to what he allegedly said in the phone call to Shannan's mother as proof. Lost Girls: What Happened To Mari Gilbert & Her Daughters The prosecution argued that Sarra had plotted the murder for months after Mari had had her arrested for drowning a family puppy in front of her young son. Authorities said they thought Shannans death wasnt connected and might have been a drowning. In August 2017, Sarra Gibert was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the maximum allowed by law. But police couldn't respond to the call because Shannan couldn't say where she was. ultimately discovered the bodies of four women along Ocean Parkway, Howeverin an update of the case in January. Netflixs new true crime drama, .css-umdwtv{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:.0625rem;text-decoration-color:#FF3A30;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:background 0.4s;transition:background 0.4s;background:linear-gradient(#ffffff, #ffffff 50%, #d5dbe3 50%, #d5dbe3);-webkit-background-size:100% 200%;background-size:100% 200%;}.css-umdwtv:hover{color:#000000;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;-webkit-background-position:100% 100%;background-position:100% 100%;}Lost Girls, tells the story of the hunt for the Long Island serial killer, whos believed to have murdered at least 10 people and buried their bodies near a beach on Long Island, New York. He claimed he was with the NYPD and wanted to know if she had filed a missing persons report. He said, 'Well, I killed Melissa,'" Cohen said. The film doesnt focus on the still-unknown killer or the official investigation into the killings, but on the grieving mothers and sisters turned victim advocates who pushed the police and media to take the murders of their loved ones seriously. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. " because I couldn't remember my story. Yelling, 'Help me, help me, help me. In 2016, a private, independent autopsy reported a different finding, The New York Times reported. Moriarty asked. "It's possible," he replied. Though Shannan had been on the phone with 911 for more than 20 minutes and had been spotted running down the johns quiet street knocking on doors and screaming for help, police did not arrive on the scene for almost an hour. "But you're as vulnerable as ever when you're working alone, particularly when you just meet your client that night.". Would love your thoughts, please comment. Mari Cox Gilbert It was eventually concluded that she drowned in a boggy marsh. reports. Tips can also be submitted online. That's what was odd. Moriarty asked Verrone. "Do you believe that this killer or killers will eventually be caught?" Actress Oona Laurence (far left) plays a young Sarra Gilbert in, The Real Mari Gilbert of Lost Girls, The True Story Behind "Lost Girls" on Netflix, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Shannan's missing persons case led police to discover ten sets of remains, now attributed to the, Mari Gilbert was murdered by one of her daughter, Sarra. Four bodies had been discovered. For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. Attorney John Ray told CBS that Sarra invited Mari to her home and in the living room, she was knifed to death.. Her belongings including her pocketbook, lip gloss, jeans and shoes were discovered in the marsh about a quarter of a mile from her body, according to, According to police, she appears to have entered the marsh right behind where Peter Hacketts house is, and her belongings were found right near his house in the marsh and then her body was found a long distance away, Kolker told, The tragedy of this young womans death is only compounded by the prosecution in this civil litigation, he told, . (The) last time I talked to him, it was seven years ago at least, and he was saying that he was basically unemployable, Kolker toldOxygen.com. Sarra was arrested at the scene with blood on her clothing. While investigators were searching for Shannan, theyultimately discovered the bodies of four women along Ocean Parkway. No one cares.'". The search for Shannan led police back to the last place she was seen -- the gated community of Oak Beach, just 3 miles from the dumping ground and to three men: The man who hired her, the man who drove her, and a doctor who put himself in the middle of the investigation. "I walked out the front door with her," Schaller recalled. "You could make that argument," he replied. The first was loosing Shannan. Attorney John Ray told CBS that Sarra Mental illness had affected both Mari, 52, and Sarra, 27, according to Elizabeth Meserve, aunt of Long Island serial killer victim Megan Waterman. "'She's 24 She's not on any psych meds. Their stories are bizarre and confusing, starting with Joseph Brewer's - the john. Dr. Charles Peter Hackett was once a big shot in his private Oak Beach neighborhoodbut after he called the mother of a missing escort, Hackett found himself linked to an unsolved Long Island murder mystery. She wouldn't answer me. But when police arrived at 5:40 a.m., Shannan Gilbert had vanished. So you inserted yourself. Attorney Ray tells PEOPLE that since 2014, Sarra has been hospitalized in at least two facilities in upstate New York. "I believe that he is between -- his late 20s and his late 30s," Cohen said. The tragedies and illness are often intertwined, says Dottie Laster, a private investigator and missing-persons specialist who helped the Gilbert family search for Mari Gilberts older daughter, Shannan. In January 2020, police changed Gilberts cause of death to inconclusive rather than accidental, Daily Freeman reported. Moriarty asked Varrone. Attorney Ray says they were real. "The world lost an awesome girl, a wonderful, wonderful mom, a friend" said Megan's mother, Lorraine Ela, who has a message for the killer: "I want to know why you took my daughter Why would you hurt a human being? Authorities were able to trace some of the calls to a handful of busy locations in midtown Manhattan: near the Port Authority, the Empire State Building and Times Square. Police found the 24-year-olds body more than a year later on December 13, 2011, in a marsh at Oak Beach, according to Oxygen. "It's possible. "No one saw her, no one knew her My brother came back and was like, 'It's a different world out there. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! He raised a family there, was their emergency services guy, their security guy. Somehow he convinced her to meet him alone -- an unusual move for Amber, who normally required clients to come to her. Her mother, Mari, and sister, Sherre, were desperately trying to hold onto hope. At that point, Colletti called 911. One, Sherre, ran a Facebook page dedicated to Shannans case. "'Oh my God, Melissa's finally calling me.' "So why would you call her mother? Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture. Shannan ran towards the home of another Oak Beach resident, Barbara Brennan. The Daily Freeman reports that Sarra Gilbert, 28, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal stabbing murder of her mother Mari Gilbert last July. Hacketts attorney, James ORouke, has denied Hackett had anything to do with Shannans death and called the allegations against him contained in the lawsuit categorically false., The tragedy of this young womans death is only compounded by the prosecution in this civil litigation, he toldFox News. Mari Gilbert, Mother Of Murdered Sex Worker, Found Stabbed "She didn't turn to Craigslist [because] she wanted to she turned to Craigslist because she felt like there was no way out. And this killer may have been shopping for victims for years. After the third call, police asked Verizon to tap Amanda's phone. This was the second tragic incident to hit the family in six years. The mother of Shannan Gilbert, whose disappearance led to the discovery of 10 bodies at Gilgo Beach in Babylon, N.Y., in 2011, has been murdered, and a second daughter has been charged in her death. I think they look at them like theyre throwaway, she told the New York Times in 2011. Over the years, many of the initial counts in the lawsuit have been removed, including the wrongful death claim that was dismissed in 2013, according tocourt documentsin the case. In his new afterward to Lost Girls, Kolker described the breakdown Sarra experienced after the discovery of her sisters remains: Over the following three years, Sarra spent time in psychiatric hospitals and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. "Well, you're in muck; they're soaking wet; they're soaked with mud they're weighing you down she's running in a panicked state and the muck and the mud and they just come off her as she continues to run," Varrone explained.