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‘Gone Girls’ Director Liz Garbus on Returning to the Long Island Murders and Focusing on Victims Instead of ‘Damaged’ Serial Killers


“Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer” director Liz Garbus on being drawn back into the Gilgo Beach murders for her three-part Netflix docuseries.

Shock and awe, as expressed by Garbus’ dinner companions, is how most people typically react to the twists and turns of the case, which she touched on in her 2020 film “Lost Girls” through the lens of Mari and her fight to find her daughter (whose remains were discovered in December 2011). The series begins with the events of Shannan’s final night, as it led directly to the gruesome discoveries, but Garbus then shifts the focus to the support network formed by the mothers, sisters, daughters and friends of the other victims who advocated for justice when most of the press and the police tacitly dismissed these women’s deaths because of their professions. In the documentary, Karnes details the elaborate safety nets they would put in place when they met with clients, including codewords, text messages and even banging on the door after an hour threatening that their boyfriends were coming home to scare off aggressive men.

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