This weekend the New York Post put out the theory that the bodies found on Gilgo State Beach are the work of a current or retired NYPD officer and already the department is shooting down the theory. This was the second time the tabloid has pushed this idea, citing unnamed sources, and this time the NYPD brass has come down strongly against the theory. "No NYPD officer has been identified as a suspect," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said yesterday. Further, "I have no information that an individual who retired 20 years ago is a suspect either."
Murdoch's paper said yesterday that the investigation into the first four bodies found (as opposed to the second batch, which are believed to be unrelated) has now started to focus on two NYPD officers, one currently active and one long-retired, who have a history with street walkers. The retired officer was reportedly forced out after being caught "pursuing hookers" while he was supposed to be on patrol. The active officer, who has reportedly been relegated to desk duty after assaulting a sex worker "during a sting operation."
While police are very strong in their denial that an NYPD police officer is a current suspect, they are also being very tight lipped as to whether or not there are any suspects in the case. The last time the Post pushed the law enforcement theory they focused on the fact that the killer's phone calls to one of his victim's sisters were placed from crowded locations and were timed so as to be untraceable. Which they felt sounded like a cop and we felt sounded like anybody who has seen a crime television show in the past decade.
