Doe: ID Possible LISK Victims Karen Vergata and Valerie Mack

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Episode 112 Doe: ID Possible LISK Victims Karen Vergata and Valerie Mack

During the 1990's and 2000's, the remains of several murder victims; mostly female sex workers, were found on Long Island's beaches. To police it seemed clear that they were the victims of a serial killer, or even more frightening, two serial killers who were dumping victims in the same area. The killer or killers, were given the moniker LISK, or Long Island Serial Killer. Many of the victims were identified, but while police hunted for the killer, they also needed to ID the rest of the victims, and they succeeded finally in identifying two of them; Karen Vergata and Valerie Mack.

Finally, in 2023, an arrest was made following a lengthy investigation of a suspect; architect Rex Heuermann. Searches of his home and vehicles, as well as an extensive investigation, seem to have uncovered a treasure trove of evidence pointing to his involvement in many of the murders. As the suspect awaits his day in court, police continued to try and ID the remaining Doe victims. For now though, Karen Vergata and Valerie Mack have their names back, and this is their story.

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0:00.0	We've all seen the headlines in the news of how somebody lost their life in an act of cold-blooded murder,
0:04.7	and it grabs your attention, but have you ever stopped to think about the life of the person at the center of the news story?
0:11.1	These victims were way more than a salacious headline.
0:14.3	I'm Eric Carter-Londine, and my podcast, The Murder in My Family,
0:18.9	dives into some of those stories to help listeners get to know the person who was lost and how their death affected those closest to them.
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0:38.8	this network, including The Murder in My Family, Missing Persons, Scene of the Crime, Zodiac
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1:17.6	I'm Long Island, New York, Juts out to the east of the teeming boroughs comprising New York City.
1:44.1	On its southern shore,
1:45.3	pristine beaches and parks along the Great South Bay span its length. Just across the Great South Bay
1:50.8	from the southern coast, hundreds of tiny barrier islands dot the water. Several of these barrier
1:56.5	islands are habitable and feature long, narrow stretches of beach that have become some of the
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