The Emmy-winning filmmaker returns to focus on a corrupt criminal system and families seeking justice after a Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect is charged with seven murders. Lost Girls director Liz Garbus returns to focus on a corrupt criminal system, victims of crime, and their families seeking justice in the trailer for Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, premiering on Netflix on March 31.
The 2020 Netflix film Lost Girls, starring Amy Ryan, centers on a mother searching for her missing daughter on Long Island and makes a terrifying discovery in the woods where the bodies of four murdered girls were dumped.
Stars: Aaron Peck, Isabella Victorson, Char Jones
Gone Girls, also for Netflix and scheduled for release on March 31, is also based on the infamous unsolved Long Island serial murders, and Garbus once again turns her camera on a troubled police investigation that left friends and family members of missing and forgotten women in the sex industry without justice.
Lost Girls director Liz Garbus returns to focus on a corrupt criminal system and the victims of crimes and their families seeking justice in the trailer for Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, premiering on Netflix on March 31.
The 2020 Netflix film Lost Girls, starring Amy Ryan, centers on a mother searching for her missing daughter on Long Island and makes a terrifying discovery in the woods where the bodies of four murdered girls were dumped.
Gone Girls, also for Netflix and scheduled for release on March 31, is also based on the infamous unsolved Long Island serial murders, and Garbus once again turns her camera on a troubled police investigation that left the families and friends of missing and forgotten women in the sex industry without justice.
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer will tell the true story of the victims who sadly lost their lives at the hands of a prophetic serial killer, and how the justice system failed them for many years. Many of the victims were sex workers, and it's believed the stigma associated with this may have hindered the case. In an interview with Tudum, Liz Garbus stated:
These family members would never give up. These women knew the system needed to be revolutionized to bring attention to this case. Of course, they shouldn't have had to go to such lengths. The system should have been working to protect them and should have protected their families. But in the end, their voices truly mattered. Throughout the documentary, we were able to examine what was happening within the police department and uncover a corruption scandal that made it clear why so little was being done for these women. I think it's a very interesting companion piece to the scripted film.
Liz Garbus's true-crime drama for Netflix was based on Robert Kolker's book, Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery, which tells the story of the hunt for the Long Island serial killer, while also focusing on each victim and their family's story. Law enforcement didn't even know a serial killer was operating in the Long Island area until a young escort named Shannon Gilbert vanished without a trace on May 1, 2010, in the Oak Beach, Long Island area. Gilbert called 911 after fleeing a client's home, claiming she was being pursued. When police arrived, Gilbert was nowhere to be seen, but it was their search that led to the heartbreaking discovery of four victims, known as the Gilgo Beach Four.
In December 2011, Shannon Gilbert's remains were finally found in a swamp in Oak Beach. While police insisted Gilbert's death was accidental, her family remained unconvinced, a view shared by many experts on the case. Years passed, and it seemed as if the unsolved serial killer case would never be solved, until a dramatic event occurred in July 2023. Rex Hauermann, a 61-year-old architect and father of two, was arrested after a task force was created to investigate the murders. DNA evidence allegedly linked him to the murders of Barthelemy, Costello, and Waterman, and as the case unfolded, the death of Brainard Barnes would also be attributed to Hauermann.
Authorities claim Hauermann used burner phones to arrange meetings with the four women before brutally murdering them. In 2024, Hauermann was charged with the murders of three more women, and the case continues to uncover links to the remaining victims. The alleged Long Island serial killer is currently incarcerated in the Suffolk County Jail awaiting trial for murder. Hauermann maintains his innocence, but evidence in the case suggests he was innocent.
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