Is Lost Girls based on a true story? Here is Mari Gilbert and Shannan Gilbert's story

Lost Girls is a mystery film that streams on Netflix from March 13. show revolves around a woman who is determined to find her missing daughter. film is based on crime story about a serial killer from New York's Long Island. Lost Girls Netflix is an adaptation of a 2013 n-fiction book of same name which was written by Robert Kolker.

movie features Amy Ryan who is essaying role of Mari Gilbert, a single mor of three. Her daughter Shannan is an escort who goes missing after she meets a client at Oak Beach area of Long Island. While Mari is searching for Shannan, police discover bodies of several women and most of m are believed to be sex workers.

Since law has been igring cases of sex workers. That is when Mari takes it upon herself to advocate her daughter's case by joining families of or missing and murdered sex workers. She also convinces police to carry on investigation. 

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Is Lost Girls based on a true story?

Lost Girl is a true account of Shannan Gilbert's, an aspiring actor from city of Jersey.  Shannan Gilbert disappeared at of 24 on May 1 in year 2010 after seeing a client. Reportedly, she made a call to 911 on day she disappeared saying "y are trying to kill me".

During search, police found bodies of four or women in December 2010. se bodies were found near Gilgo Beach on Long Island's South Shore. Police suspected that a single serial killer was responsible for ir deaths. When Shannan's remains were discovered on December 13 in 2011, police said that y do t believe that her death was linked to or murders by a serial killer. Instead, police suspect that she was drowned. Gilbert family was t ready to agree with this and y released an independent autopsy in year 2016 that suggested Shannan could have been murdered.

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