Police Arrest Suspect in Connection With Unsolved Long Island Beach Murders

Police in New York have taken a person into custody in connection with the unsolved murders of at least 10 women whose bodies were found on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach more than a decade ago. Two law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News Friday morning that the Suffolk County Police Department had one suspect in custody in connection with the murders.

There were no immediate details about where the suspect was taken into custody but there was a large police presence Friday morning in Massapequa Park, CBS New York reported.

The possible breakthrough in the hunt for a suspect in what’s become known as “the Long Island serial killer” case came a little more than a year after police released audio of a 911 call made by Shannan Gilbert just before she vanished in 2010.

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