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Based on the book "Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery" by Robert Kolker, the movie "Lost Girls," tells the story of one mother's search for her missing daughter that led police to discover the bodies of 11 people, including an infant, on Long Island.
The film, which was showcased at the Sundance Film Festival last month, is set to premiere on Netflix on Friday, March 13.
The movie centers on the hunt by Mari Gilbert, for her daughter Shannan Gilbert, 24, a Jersey City woman who solicited for sex on Craigslist and was reported missing in May 2010.
During the search for Gilbert, a K-9 officer and his dog uncovered the remains of another missing woman who worked in the sex business in a clump of weeds along Ocean Parkway near Jones Beach in December of 2010.
From there the search intensified and the additional bodies were uncovered. Gilbert's body was one of the remains found.
The film stars Amy Ryan of "Gone Baby Gone," and Gabriel Byrne of "The Usual Suspects." It is directed by Liz Garbus.
Much of the filming was done in North Folk in 2018.
Police, who dedicated a website to the murders last month -- Gilgonews.com -- in hopes of receiving new leads, also released a photo of a belt found during the searches that they believe belongs to the killer.
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