Thanks, That's a much longer time span then I realized a very long time. they all went missing when the Weather was warm. That Call may not mean anything it's hard to tell. But MSG and Times Square are right in the Middle of Manhattan, traveling from Manhattan all the way out to the Island is not something a City Person does. I mean if you hang out in the City and Know who's who on the Street it's because your from the City. Going to long island is the same as going to Florida. Everything is in the City already. People come into Manhattan. The Girls I could understand going out to the Island to meet someone, outcall. One thing The Train that goes out to the island Leaves from MSG/ Penn Station. As for the Burlap Bag where did that info come from? That's not something LE is going Leak, each Girl 4 Burlap Bags. Or was it one of the girls? it is a clue, a big one. If you have a House on the Island there would be a reason to have that type of Bag even if it was old, the bag. Someone in the City isn't going to have that in the Apartment.
you bring up some very excellent points!
typically a serial killer who lives in nyc would normally kill within the areas of his comfort zone. this guy likes to use l.i. as a dump site at the least.
the killer feels comfy enough with gilgo beach to go back to the same areas year after year to dump a body. he's got a high level of comfort there and confidence.
we know that the killer is mobile, he's got access to a vehicle to actually drive to dump the victims.
richard ramirez killed in los angelos (another city) and that was his comfort zone.
in this case, the killer seems more comfortable with gilgo beach, l.i.
if the killer was that comfortable with nyc, he'd be killing and dumping victims somewhere in manhattan.
msg, times square, penn station are all famous known areas of nyc and are easily accessible by trains, buses, or cabs or the combination if needed from the tri-state area.
the killer might not even be that familiar with manhattan, yet he'd still be able to get to those locations, just like tourists could.
the house on the island theory i agree with, and that possibly the house could belong to the killer's parents or other relatives. maybe it's been in the family for decades even, thus burlap left around. if the killer does have a house on the island, it's possible it's not under his own name, yet that of a relative.