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Liz Garbusnever stopped caring about the Gilgo Beach murders.
The typical true-crime doc has a drum beat of investigation.
One of the challenges in this story from the start is that the investigation was stalled.
It wasnt happening at all, really, Garbus says.
WhileGone Girlsdoes move chronologically through the years of the case, its not motivated by an investigative cadence.
No suspects have been charged in the case.
The film ends there in part because thats where the case left off dangling, unsolved.
We see their unkempt shirts, the uncertain fear tightening their faces as theyre led into a courtroom.
You know their names now and its often just Dave.
Still, the series barely scratched the surface of each of these womens lives.
Each of the women who was lost in this case had a complex life and story.
There was so much more to know about them than were able to include, she says.
We all grieved differently, says victim Melissa Barthelemys sister Amanda as she sits with the other family members.
They all nod its true but that hasnt stopped them from keeping each other company all this time.
