Prosecutors on Long Island have identified the remains of a Gilgo Beach murder victim whose name has eluded authorities for decades.
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Vergata, who Tierney said was working as a sex worker, was 34-years-old at the time of her disappearance. No one filed a missing persons complaint at the time of Vergata’s disappearance. Tierney said her remains were first discovered in 2011. In August 2022, six months after the Gilgo task force was formed to reinvestigate the Gilgo murders, officials used new DNA profiling methods and confirmed her identity in October 2022.
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