LONG ISLAND KILLER VICTIMS SERIAL

'It's very easy to dispose of a body, either under the brush, or dig it up,' said Wally Zeins, a former NYPD homicide detective. It boggles my mind that someone would do that to a 16 year old child,' Ela said.Д®xperts say that the hidden bodies show the killer knows the neighborhood well. Barthelemy's teenage sister told 'Good Morning America' Monday that she has received taunting phone calls from a man who is believed to have killed her sister. She said that unlike the family of victim Melissa Barthelemy, she and the other families did not receive cell phone calls from the killer. I owe that to my daughter and all the other women,' Ela said. Part of me doesn't feel closure until I can go down there and say my goodbye down there. 'I wanted to go where they found my daughter to pay my respects and say my final goodbye to her. Her daughter left behind a 4-year-old daughter. The memorial will be held on the day her daughter disappeared, June 11. 'I'm very emotional, but I'm also excited,' she said.ДЄll of the families will gather in June when Ela has organized a memorial for the victims on the same Long Island beaches that investigators are now scouring for more bodies and clues. Still Hunting For Bodies Along New York's BeachesДЄs a sign of solidarity, several of the relatives have used the photos of the four victims identified so far - Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amanda Costello and Melissa Barthelemy - as their profile pictures on Facebook.Д®la will meet the sister of victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes tonight. As the investigation continues, Ela said that she sends Facebook messages to other victims' relatives daily and has developed a strong bond with them. It's like we find out it's our own child that they found over again,' said Lorraine Ela, the mother of murder victim Megan Waterman.Д®la's 22-year-old daughter disappeared last June and her body was discovered in December. 'Every time they find more, it's like it starts the whole tragedy all over again. With each new corpse uncovered they are struck by fresh grief and reach out to each other for solace. The increasingly gruesome news from the Long Island beaches has been difficult for the families of the four victims who have been identified so far.

LONG ISLAND KILLER VICTIMS SERIAL

Sources also downplayed the possibility that the serial killer may be in law enforcement or is a former law enforcement official, although several persons of interest also have been described to ABC News as having links to law enforcement or emergency services.

ABC News has learned that at least one of the victims died by 'homicidal asphyxiation,' which could mean strangulation or being smothered. Suffolk County police, who are being assisted by Nassau County cops as well as state police and the FBI, have been tight lipped about the investigation. While at least several of the victims appear to have been killed and dumped by a serial killer, authorities had not yet ruled out the possibility that more than one killer was responsible for the growing pile of human remains, which included those of a child. Faced today with slashing rains and swampy ground, a helicopter was used for today's dragnet. Searchers have used cadaver dogs, horses and fire truck aerial ladders to scour the thick vegetation for victims.

Police divers are also preparing to dive in order to search bay waters for more bodies. Police fear that when the brush starts blooming in the coming weeks the search would become even more difficult. The possibility that some of the skeletal remains were dismembered came as police were considering clear cutting the thick brush that has made seaching the area difficult. The bodies were strung out over a 3.5 mile stretch of beach with five of the bodies spaced out about 500 feet apart, police said.

It's still not clear whether a skull found alone Monday was part of victim number 9 or would be victim number 10. Investigators have determined that bones found Monday were human, bringing the body count to nine and possibly 10 victims.

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