Book review: Examination of the lives of serial killer’s victims

In December 2010, after seven months searching for missing woman Shannon Gilbert, the remains of four other women were found on Gilgo Beach, Long Island. Each was wrapped in burlap and hidden in the bramble beside the motorway. Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman and Amber Overstreet Costello became known as the Gilgo Four. Suffolk Country police were still searching for missing 24-year-old Shannon, whose disappearance in May 2010 was now part of the same investigation.