Authorities form task force to solve Gilgo Beach murders

Authorities form task force to solve Gilgo Beach murders

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, an officer from the Suffolk County Police Department's K-9 Unit uses a dog to search through the brush along the median of Ocean Parkway, near Oak Beach in Long Island, N.Y. A year ago, the first of 10 sets of human remains were found strewn in the thicket along the seven-mile stretch of highway. But as the anniversary of that first discovery approaches on Dec. 11, law enforcement appears no closer to catching the serial killer, or killers. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Coughlin, File)

YAPHANK, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a new interagency task force will try to solve the decade-old mystery of human remains found strewn along a New York beach highway. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said Tuesday that the formation of the Gilgo Beach task force represents a renewed commitment to investigating the unsolved killings of mostly young women whose skeletal remains were found along a highway on Long Island. The deaths of 11 people whose remains were found in 2010 and 2011 have long stumped investigators.  Most of the victims were young women who had been sex workers. 

Photo: FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, an officer from the Suffolk County Police Department’s K-9 Unit uses a dog to search through the brush along the median of Ocean Parkway, near Oak Beach in Long Island, N.Y.(AP Photo/Kevin P. Coughlin, File)