Wednesday, April 6, 2011
NEWS FLASH! Search continues as 3 bodies prove not to be those of missing woman
Original text: New York (CNN) — The remains of three women found on a remote stretch of beach in Long Island, New York, do not include those of Shannan Gilbert, whose search led to the investigation of a possible serial killer. Gilbert, 24, of Jersey City, New Jersey, has been missing since May and was last seen alive in the Gilgo Beach area. As authorities searched for clues concerning her disappearance last year, they uncovered a total of eight corpses found in various stages of decomposition. A woman's body was found March 29 off Ocean Parkway, west of Cedar Beach, police said. When medical examination determined they were not Gilbert's remains, the police continued to search. On Monday, they found the remains of three additional people. They have also since been determined not to be those of Gilbert, police said in a statement Tuesday. Gilbert's sister, Sheree Gilbert, told HLN's Nancy Grace Tuesday night she was surprised none of the victims were her sibling. "When we at first found out in December the first body initially they had found could have been hers, we had already prepared ourselves, and we were just hoping the search would come to an end," Sheree Gilbert said. "We just don't know where she is at this point and we don't want her to suffer. We don't want her to be lost somewhere, not ever found." Police say the hunt for a potential serial killer continues, as does the search for Gilbert, who, like the women whose bodies have been found, advertised for prostitution services on such sites as Craigslist. The first four bodies were discovered stuffed into bushes on a quarter-mile stretch of waterfront property on Oak Beach, indicating "they were dumped there by the same person or persons," said Richard Dormer, Suffolk County Police commissioner, in December. "It's too coincidental that there were four bodies in the same location." The remains of the fifth body were found about a mile from where the other corpses were discovered, he said, refusing to disclose exactly where the three additional remains were found on Monday. Summary of the article: When I searched for a current event article on the CNN website, this article was the first one that caught my eye in the “JUSTICE” section. Not only did it capture my attention; I read the article and it left me in awe. “But how could four dead bodies be convienently located in the same spot?” I wondered. That was very interesting to me, so I decided to read on. At first, I thought the four victims were a group of friends who just happened to meet a serial killer during their walk – and (alas) they were all shot and killed. (You know how serial killers are.) However, the article says that none of them were related to each other. On a lighter note, I found this article to be very consise; instead of boring me with unnecessary details, the author got right to the point. Despite this fascinating topic, I found some potential errors with this article. First of all, this article is very brief (perhaps a little TOO brief). I would appreciate it if this article were a bit longer. Second, there must be a legitimate, scientifically-accurate reason for all four victims to die in the same location. It just doesn’t make sense. Lastly, I would like to mention that this article really provoked my curiousity. Who is responsible for such a dastardly crime such as this? And did he/she commit suicide after murdering four people, or is he/she still on the lam? I don’t know who it is, but hopefully, the criminal will be arrested as soon as possible. Keep your fingers crossed! Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/05/new.york.bodies/index.html
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I really liked Kathleen’s analysis of the article She actually put specific things that she thought could have been done better, unlike most of the reviews, which just say they couldn’t see anything wrong with the article and move on. I also liked that she described exactly why she choose that article. Again most reviews don’t do this very thoroughly. She also explained why the article was significant and gave a good number of unanswered questions.
One problem I saw was that it seemed she was interrupting the article wrong. It didn’t see like all the women died in the same place. The most obvious explanation seemed to be that stretch was probably a serial killer’s dumping ground where he leaves the bodies of women he kills. Another problem was that there was no summary; she included the actual article in the post but no summary. She should have simply left the link at the bottom and given us a summary instead of the actual article. One thing that impressed me was that all the women were advertising prostitution on Craig’s list. Shouldn’t that be illegal? Especially after the incident with the state senator.
I liked the way that Kathleen described the article. I like how she described the content of her article thoroughly and thoughtfully. I like how she showed her interest in the article and enjoyed what she was writing. I liked how she used some humor in it such as: “(You know how serial killers are.)”.
There were two major things that I did not like about this article. First, its too clumped together. There is only one huge paragraph with no separation of ideas. Also, she should not have just pasted the article, she should have gave a summary.
The biggest fact that stood out to me was that so many women are putting themselves out there on the internet. They are using Craig list to prostitute themselves.
I thought that Kathleen's review of the article was well - written. She included specific examples to create a point of view of the article.
One issue that I thought was apparent in this review was that it was the article and no summary. This made it a little confusing to understand. I felt that the analysis of the article was very verbose, but if there was a thorough summary written by Kathleen then it wouldn't have been so verbose. One surprising fact of the summary was the explanation of the serial killer's dumping ground was and where he left the bodies of the women that he killed.
I thought that Kathleen's summary of the article was well - written. she provided specific examples that she had no point of view on herself. She gave a good explanation of the significance of the article.
One issue that needs to be addressed is that Kathleen didn't write a summary, instead she pasted the actual article as if she had written the review. This made it a little confusing to understand and to follow. One surprising fact was about the prostitute on Craig's list. I thought that this form of advertising was considered illegal.
I thought that Kathleen's summary of the article was well - written. she provided specific examples that she had no point of view on herself. She gave a good explanation of the significance of the article.
One issue that needs to be addressed is that Kathleen didn't write a summary, instead she pasted the actual article as if she had written the review. This made it a little confusing to understand and to follow. One surprising fact was about the prostitute on Craig's list. I thought that this form of advertising was considered illegal.
I found this article very interesting because there was a good amount of solid facts. Kathleen also put in a good amount of information that she thought could be improved on. Kathleen wrote a handful of the information given in the article she reviewed which was good, and I especially found interesting that she had an opinion, instead of only stating facts.
However, some problems I found in her article review was lacking a summary, and there was no clear interpretation of the article. Instead Kathleen just put the article into her blog review.
The most interesting and surprising fact to me, was how the girl advertising prostitution on Craig's list were not sought out for illegal activity.
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