“I am tired of hearing the same crap come out of everyone’s mouth,” she said in an e-mail. “ I was very pleased with the words from Mr. Gilgo Beach victim Megan Waterman’s mother Lorraine Ela is still waiting for her daughter’s killer to be brought to justice. Lorraine Ela, the mother of victim Megan Waterman, told The Post, she was “kind of skeptical” prior to watching Harrison’s press conference. We’re getting there but still some work needs to be done to get us across the finish line.” He added that there were “some great leads that are putting us in a great place to solve this case. That’s for the family members to hear, to let them know that we will not rest, and we will make sure we do everything we have to do to hold them accountable.” “There’s a commitment, a relentless pursuit to identify the individuals and bring them to justice. “We will not rest until we bring those accountable to justice,” said Harrison, the former NYPD chief of department. Renewing her sense of optimism are two recent key personnel changes in Suffolk County - new district attorney Ray Tierney and police commissioner Rodney Harrison.Ĭann said the pieces in place are now “solid.”Įarlier this month, Harrison held a press conference at the site of the gruesome dumping ground, vowing to solve the case. Law enforcement doubles down Former NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison is the new Suffolk County Police Commissioner. Without hope, what do you have?” she said. Now Cann, a soft-spoken, married mother of five communicates with detectives weekly - or more often - and still clings to the idea that her sister’s killer will be brought to justice. The grisly murders, believed to be the work of a serial killer or killers, have captivated the public, stumped local police and frustrated victims’ family members still waiting for an arrest. Since then, 11 bodies in all have been unearthed in the area. In this tender family snapshot, victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes hugs her younger sister Melissa Cann. They were all sex workers of petite stature, advertising their services on Craigslist. In December 2010, Brainard-Barnes’ body was found on a stretch near Gilgo Beach, LI, along with three other women: Megan Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27. I had to sit and wait and that was horrible,” Cann said. “It took up a lot of my time, but I had to come to the realization that I wasn’t going to be the one to find her. Armed with Maureen’s emails, she made frequent trips to New York City trying to retrace her steps, pushed law enforcement to exhaust every resource and lost many nights of sleep. Her 25-year-old sister’s disappearance consumed most of Cann’s own young adulthood. “It is crazy because if feels like it was yesterday. “It’s been about 15 years since she went missing,” Cann, 37, told The Post. Melissa Cann last saw her sister Maureen Brainard-Barnes alive in July 2007 when her sibling took the train from Connecticut into Manhattan and vanished. Police release new video of Long Island Gilgo Beach victim, raise award to $50k The Gilgo Beach serial killer: Who are the victims? There are 2,000 serial killers in US, says man who caught Golden State Killer Chilling 911 calls released in Shannan Gilbert case that led to serial killer probe
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