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The Gilgo Beach murders were a cold case. Then a new police chief arrived

By Robert Kolker
New York Times·
17 mins to read
The Gilgo Beach murders were a cold case. Then a new police chief arrived
The police searched for human remains near Long Island's shoreline in 2011. Photo / Robert Stolarik, The New York Times

After a decade of little movement in a series of killing on Long Island, a new sense of urgency.

It was just a few days after Memorial Day — the start of a summer like no other, a pandemic shutting down all signs of life outside of homes and hospitals.

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