Suffolk County police now believe the disappearance of missing prostitute Shannon Gilbert was an accident.
The New Jersey woman was last seen as she ran from a client's home in the gated Oak Beach community in May 2010 in Long Island.
After a lengthily search police discovered Gilbert's jeans, shoes, purse, ID and a cell phone in the marshy swamp, close to where she was last seen.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer told reporters the water in the marsh had receded far below the lake-like terrain, which allowed the police officers to locate Gilbert’s possessions.
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"We believe that Shannan Gilbert ran into that area the night she disappeared," Dormer said. "It's very easy to get engulfed with water and muck and fall down and not be able to get out of there. So we surmise that that's what happened to Shannan and she's in there someplace, and we're going to do everything we can to find her."
Police were searching for Gilbert last December when they began finding human remains along the Ocean Parkway. After an extensive search, ten sets of human remains were discovered, none of which were found to be Gilbert.
"If it wasn't for her, maybe that that was her reason -- to help find the other victims," Shannan Gilbert's mother Mary said.
On Monday, police continued their fifth day of searching for Gilbert’s remains. No suspects have been arrested. The search is ongoing.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.HappyGuy | Dec 14, 2011, 08:23 AM EST
@Bunker. This rag of a newspaper will write anything or let me put it in Rich's words...any ting he tells them to. He has a direct line to the Editor and feeds them lies. He actually told this tabloid that he was a Detective, thinking that no one from the Department would read it and reveal his lies. The man is immoral and incapable of running any investigation. The truth will be told after the first of the year, when he is finally thrown out on his ass. Something that should have been done a long time ago. If you saw his news conference yesterday, you will see why he is an absolute disgrace to the profession. Look at a News Conference of Nassau County's Lt. Smith from Homicide and compare the two. Who would you put your trust in? A babbling drunk or an articulate professional?
bunkerisland | Dec 13, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
An accident? Her shoes and jeans found? Just how did the jeans come off? Last seen "running from a clients home"? Wake up! This is no accident!