NEW YORK, April 4 (UPI) -- New York authorities say they're expanded the search for victims of a possible serial killer after the remains of a fifth victim were discovered last week.
Suffolk Country officials say five bodies have been discovered buried in remote beach areas of the county, WPIX-TV, New York, reported Monday.
Four bodies were discovered in Gilgo Beach in December and skeletal remains of a possible fifth victim were found buried at Oak Beach about a mile away last week.
Authorities said parts of Ocean Parkway leading to the popular Jones Beach would be closed Monday while investigators with cadaver dogs searched the area.
The four women whose remains were found on Gilgo Beach were working as prostitutes and contacted by clients via Craigslist, authorities said.
The search at Oak Beach was initiation as part of a search for Shannan Gilbert of Jersey City, who as also working as a prostitute and last seen in the area last May, officials said.
Officials said tests on the Oak Beach body confirmed it was not Gilbert.
It is unknown presently if the remains are of a male or female, investigators said.
