"If Michael Pak had stayed there and told the officers that she was still missing, is it possible that Shannan Gilbert might still be alive?" Sarra was hospitalized several times. Shannan Gilbert went missing after a terrifying 911 call in May 2010. The True Crime Tragedy Behind Lost Girls - The Cut She shared the photo above showing Mari Gilbert with her daughters during simpler times. "I contacted them," he said. Police later responded tothe neighborhoodafter several other residents had called 911 to report the distraught woman, but there was no trace of Shannan when they arrived. Do you, This was definitely in IL because we are friends with, Hi. Sherre was an administrator for a Facebook page dedicated to trying to solve her sister Shannans death called Praying for Shannan Maria Gilbert. Moriarty asked Varrone. But when police arrived at 5:40 a.m., Shannan Gilbert had vanished. 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mari Gilberts body was discovered in her daughter Sarras apartment in the Catskills. in 2011 he denied ever seeing Shannan that night but said he had called the family to be supportive after getting Maris number from Shannans boyfriend and driver when the pair came to the neighborhood to look for Shannan in the days after she disappeared. In 2011, her body was found in a marshy area. He says the last time he saw Shannan, she was running out of his house toward his neighbor's. "I feel like now that they found her body that is kinda pretty much it for the investigation. By all accounts, he really aggressively put himself in the center of things whenever anything was going on there, he said. He says he just wanted her out of his house and even brought the driver in to get her to leave. She deserved to die., Charged with second-degree murder, Sarra Gilbert pleaded not guilty, with Ray claiming she couldn't be held responsible due to her schizophrenia. According to Schaller, the man was persistent, repeatedly calling and cajoling Amber that day. "And lead to some breakthrough, God willing.". What has never been reported before is that Shannan's call was transferred to the New York State Police when she couldn't tell them where she was. Significantly, this is the same Holiday Inn where a client asked Amber Costello to meet him just few weeks before her death. '", "This is all on the audiotape," Varrone said. "I don't believe he said that. 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. "And I said to her 'What's the matter?' Mari Gilberts Daughters Today: Sherre & Stevie in Real Life Sarra Giberts sister, Shannan Maria Gilbert went missing on Long Island on May 1, 2010. Gilbert became an advocate after her daughter Shannan was murdered, but was killed by one of her other children. Mental illness drove Sarra Gilbert to kill her mother, Mari Gilbert five years after Sarras sister was found dead near a suspected serial killers mass grave in Long Island, New York Maris lawyer and others close to the family allege to PEOPLE. Unidentified woman: We did. Attorney John Ray told CBS that Sarra As Brewer is heard trying to get her to leave his house, Varrone says, "He either approaches her or touches her and you hear her scream out.". "My sister met the client through Craigslist and went to his house around 2:00 a.m.," Sherre explained. ", 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. WSHU | "When I tried to tell my story to the police and to the media no one believed me," said Mari. Her four daughters are Shannan, Sherre, Sarrah, and Stevie. Sarra had a long history of mental illness. Something doesnt, No , the murder happened in Ohio . Megan was just 22 when she was murdered, leaving behind a 4-year-old daughter. "My sister was last seen running along the roads She felt like she was in fear for her life that night," Sherre Gilbert told "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty. All were young women in their 20s. Lawenforcement sources have said in the past that Shannan allegedly told the dispatcher theyre trying to kill me, during the call,Fox Newsreports. And more questions about a curious character who put himself right in the middle of the mystery. During her sister Sarras trial, she appeared for the prosecution. "Yeah, I'm sure I did. The truth is all these women are victims.. And she said, 'No.' "I believe that he is between -- his late 20s and his late 30s," Cohen said. "She didn't turn to Craigslist [because] she wanted to she turned to Craigslist because she felt like there was no way out. 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. I don't," said Shannan's mother, Mari Gilbert. Councilor Matt Garcia was shot dead in a suburban driveway as he chatted with a friend in Fairfield City, California. "And he said, 'Do you know what I did to your sister?' ", Garbus hopes that Lost Girls will inspire in others the same unrelenting dedication to finding the truth about how Shannan Gilbertand the rest of the women found near Gilgo Beachreally died. At the heart of these efforts was Mari Gilbert (played in the movie by The Offices Amy Ryan), who worked to bring attention to the the murder of her 24-year-old daughter, Shannan. 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. November, he filed a wrongful death suit against Dr Hackett. "Suddenly, you no longer had to walk down the street; you could just work out of your home," he said. 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 toThe Long Island Press. "We had a sinking feeling that it was her.". 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. "When I started the project, it was 2015. "Today they found a pair of jeans a pair of shoes the pocketbook with identification in the pocketbook belonging to Shannan Gilbert," then-Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer told reporters. "I do," he replied. Hackett's attorney, James O'Rourke of Hauppauge, said none of the claims is true. Few families experience the amount of tragedy that the Gilberts have. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We certainly believe that he may have called to offer his assistance.". While the calls he made to Shannan's family may be strange, they're not out of character. Warning, because this gets graphic: As Sarra Gilbert later testified in court, on July 26, 2016, she stabbed Mari Gilbert with a kitchen knife 227 times in Mari's Ellenville, NY apartment. Moriarty asked Varrone. Somewhere along the line, somebody dropped the ball. But the police were learning a lot about him based on his voice. "And he also left one of the conversations with the threat that he knows where Amanda lives and might come after her.". "When she made that call, do you believe she thought she was -- her life was in danger?" Upon information and belief, at all times Defendant Hackett held himself out to the general public, and in particular to Shannan Gilbert and Mari Gilbert, as the owner/operator of a home for wayward females, the lawsuit, obtained by Oxygen.com, said. She just kept staring at me and going, 'Help me, help me, help me. AMBER COSTELLO: Disappeared Sept. 2, 2010, "She used to say that she was better off dead" said Dave Schaller, Amber Costello's roommate and friend. Last. The remaining claims are related to Shannan Gilberts pain and suffering before her death and the later emotional distress suffered by Mari Gilbert, according tocourt documentsin the case. "No. Another daughter, Sarra, was convicted of killing Mari in 2016. Mari Gilbert Samantha Vincenty is the former senior staff writer at Oprah Daily. My mom, my best friend, the person I relied on the most in this world is gone!!! How and why did Shannan die? This content is imported from youTube. In 2017, Sarra was convicted of second-degree murder, Daily Freeman reported. After the third call, police asked Verizon to tap Amanda's phone. "No one in the family said that Dr. Hackett called saying that he had seen Shannan?" They're on their way,' She just looked at me and she ran right out the door.". "In this police force, not unlike a lot of other police forces around the country, there's this culture of minimization and denial when it comes to women who are escorts," he said. He said the cause of death could not be determined, but the autopsy showed some findings consistent with strangulation. Stevie Smith tends to stays out of the spotlight. Gilbert worked a variety of jobs, including serving as a retail manager, teaching assistant, and Walmart employee, but continued to face personal struggles. "She's disoriented; she's in a frenzy," Varrona explained. Though county officials theorized that she had wandered into the marsh and drowned, an independent autopsy sought by Gilberts family found that Shannan may She was a good sister and daughter. I think they look at them like theyre throwaway, she told the New York Times in 2011. Mari says during that phone call on May 3, Dr. Hackett told her that Shannan had left his house with her driver and that he was worried about her. "You could make that argument," he replied. "After I read the scripts, I Googled it and came across, I guess it was a Wikipedia page," Ryan says. Heres what you should know. "Shes what we call criminally insane. "But wouldn't you sound that way if you were panicked and afraid?" "If he's lying about something so simple about calling me," Mari Gilbert said, "then what else is he lying about?". Powered by. And she stabbed her to death.. Police say Maris body was discovered in her daughters home in Ellenville on Saturday. Her defense lawyer subsequently argued that on the day of the murder, shed been suffering from hallucinations and was hearing voices that told her to commit the crime. Shannan also reportedly didnt get along with her mothers abusive boyfriend, further straining their relationship. All of a sudden, I heard screaming out here and banging on that door. Mari Gilbert (Shannan Gilbert's Mother) Age (CBS) OAK BEACH, Long Island -- Since late 2010, 11 bodies -- nearly all young woman, have been found along a stretch of beach on New York's Long Island. The book Lost Girls by journalist Robert Kolker served as the basis of the film, and in it Kolker offers details of Gilberts life that didnt make it to the screen. "How could you have her items in one spot and then her body all the way in another spot close to the highway? Gilbert Lawenforcement sources have said in the past that Shannan allegedly told the dispatcher theyre trying to kill me, during the call, Her disappearance and Mari's efforts to find out what happened to her daughter are the focus of the new Netflix feature film ". " he replied. ), Laster says families who have a loved one go missing are often traumatized long term and she says and it was especially so with the Gilberts. They learned that Shannan and her driver had left New York City shortly after midnight on May 1, 2010, and headed to a gated community in Oak Beach. In that car was Michael Pak, Shannan's driver - the second man police wanted to talk to. And we're gonna catch him," said Berthelemy. Police say both Pak and Joseph Brewer passed polygraphs, and are not suspects. She wants people to know that her sister, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, may have worked as an escort, but she was much more than that. It was a year and a half that you went missing. | True Crime "She absolutely hated it". Mari Gilbert's daughters dealt with the tragedy of their sister Shannan in different ways. "Is it possible that he knows more about what happened to Shannan Gilbert?" Mari Gilbert died in July 2016, allegedly stabbed to death by her other daughter, Sarra, who suffers from schizophrenia. Found the resolution to each, I know who really killed Chanin, her husband did not, I have so many questions about this story. On July 23, 2016, Sarra Gilbert traveled from Ellenville, NY, to her mothers home in Catskills, NY, and attacked Mari Gilbert. So you inserted yourself. However, the presiding judge said that she would never walk free again if he had any say in the matter. Dr. Hackett: I never saw her, I never met her. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. "he was soft-spoken and had -- a very controlled and comfortable manner of speech, which made his horrific messages all the more devastating he began to toy with her And for the very first time, she heard the voice of the killer.". According to NBC, Mari's 27-year-old daughter Sarra stabbed her more than 200 times and hit her with a fire extinguisher, resulting in Mari's death in 2016. "He denied calling my mother," said Sherre Gilbert. Mari Gilbert's murder was "the most morbid turn in this already complete tragedy," Vesselin Mitev, who Mari originally hired to help her solve Shannan's death, Due to the control exercised by Hackett, Shannans family believes she experienced pain, suffering, anguish, agony, and knowledge and fear of her imminent death, according to the lawsuit. Lynn Barthelemy's 24-year-old daughter, Melissa, had been missing for a year-and-a-half when the bodies were discovered. Moriarty asked Varrone. Sarra Gilbert murdered mom Mari Gilbert with 227 stab wounds: But she was of age and all I could say was 'be careful' and call her all the time.". And he's gonna make a mistake. But Sarra's sister Stevie Smith disagreed regarding the motive, testifying that Sarra was jealous of her relationship with their mother and "I believe she would have killed me too.". Tips can also be submitted online. When your loved one is missing, the torture is too much for family members. She gave me a hug and a kiss and she left.". And that happened for three days consecutively.". "There's nothing I can add that the police don't already know," said Dr. C. Peter Hackett, an Oak Beach resident and retired emergency services doctor who curiously inserted himself in the middle of the mystery - by calling Shannan's mother on May 3, 2010, two days after Shannan went missing. After a jury found Sarra Gilbert guilty, she was given the maximum sentence of 25 years to life in August 2017. Garbus knows viewers may likely be floored by the news of Mari's death at the end of the film. Attorney Ray says they were real. But Ryan found out what ultimately happened to Mari after she'd fallen in love with the Netflix film's screenplay, when a Google rabbit-hole informed her of the woman's awful fate. She's not missing. "Do you think the person she went out with that night is the same person who killed her?" Dr. PeterHackettbecame linked to the case of Shannan Gilbert after he called her mother, Mari Gilbert, after Shannan'sdisappearance. In 2016, a private, independent autopsy reported a different finding, The New York Times reported. 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.