New images of 'Asian Doe,' a possible Gilgo Beach murder victim, are released

New York officials released new sketches Monday about a possible victim in the Gilgo Beach serial killings referred tom "Asian Doe."

New York officials released Monday forensic sketches and informational flyers about a possible new victim in the Gilgo Beach serial killings case, in an effort to identify them and get new leads in the roughly 20-year-old homicide. 

The remains of the victim, referred to as “Asian Doe,” were found in 2011 near  the bodies of at least 10 others near Long Island, New York’s Gilgo Beach.

“Asian Doe” was described by authorities as a “biological male” of Asian descent who was wearing women’s clothes when their body was discovered.The new forensic images are facial reconstructions depicting the victim as both as male and female. It is not clear how the victim identified at the time of death, and previous sketches released in 2011 only depicted the victim as male-presenting.

Speaking at a news conference Monday, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Asian Doe may have been a sex worker, as were most of the identified women whose bodies were found nearby. Sex work is a common form of work for transgender people due to a lack of economic opportunity as a result of job discrimination.

Asian Doe was likely a descendant of Southern China, stood between 5’3” to 5’9” tall and was between 17 and 23 years old at the time of death, Tierney added. Asian Doe suffered a “violent death,” homicide by blunt force trauma, at least five years before being discovered in 2011, according to the flyer distributed by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/asian-doe-gilgo-beach-murders-rcna171314

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