Long Island-based crime writer Robert Banfelder wrote two books about the Gilgo Beach murders and said he believed cops were bungling the investigation. As recently as last year, he gave talks about the “culture of corruption” in the case involving the now disgraced hierarchy of the Suffolk County (NY) police department, and two former district attorneys (including one who was the chief of the “Anti-Corruption” Bureau).

https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/gilgo-killings-unsolved-for-13-years-because-of-bad-dudes/?utm_source=gmail&utm_campaign=android_nyp

Banfelder said: “I feel emotional just thinking about all the time it took to make an arrest in these cases. It’s shameful.”

This obvious corruption surely infected all the investigations these agencies were conducting. As the article explains, there was disbarment and prison time for the two former DAs and the former police chief.

I believe in the OCCK investigation there were similar criminals in suits and maybe in uniforms. That’s why the case has never been solved, just “managed” at taxpayer expense and in direct conflict with the duty owed a homicide victim.

See also:

https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/top-cop-who-botched-gilgo-beach-murder-case-was-jailed-for-beating-sex-toy-crook?utm_source=gmail&utm_campaign=android_nyp

https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/rex-heuerman-looked-at-over-similar-atlantic-city-murders?utm_source=gmail&utm_campaign=android_nyp

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