richard simmons giving a rare public statement on his 75th birthday. a rep for him saying it is a big milestone. i want to see him happy, which is he. he retreated from the spotlight ten years ago prompting rumors he had become a recluse. he used to be on fox all the time. dana: great guy. happy birthday and happy birthday to st. ann. bill: that s my sister. bastille day. dana: suspected overdose death of robert di nero s grandson who police arrested in connection with the case. daredevils menacing the street of oakland. he said criminalizing these stunts is not the answer according to one council man.
investigation closed. whispers in the democrat party. insiders looking for a candidate to replace president biden. can they do that? of course they can. brand-new breaking news in the gilgo beach murders case. nine women dead, one serial killer. good old fashioned police work breaks that case wide open. forensic specialist dr. michael bodin and nancy grace top of the hour. dana: a beautiful day at the beach there in north carolina. but danger can be lurking under those waters like here in southern california. a group of sharks was spotted swimming dangerously close to surfers near san diego. nobody was hurt. authorities are monitoring the waters for years saying the area is a common breeding grounds for
and connected there for to the long island serial killer all the way the buffalo and california as well. there are many links. a lot more to be talked about. more evidence that s involved here. hopefully the police will give us an insight today. dana: incredible story and thank you for standing by those families and we ll be in touch as this is developing today. thank you so much. bill: let s get analysis. retired nypd inspector paul mauro, attorney. we rely on you for a lot of things. what do you make about what he said? i have to agree that it feels like a dna hit that might have led to this. the only thing that works against that is that my supposition here was that according to the reporter there was a new body found a week ago. that feels like the break in the case, right? that would likely be dna. the body was buried so long there would be deterioration.
we should mention that shannon gilbert, the person whose family john represents, she came a little bit later in the game. she is the key to this thing. she makes a 911 call on the night she goes missing. police are trying to ascertain what happened to her and where she is. 911 call is infamous in this case. they look for her and don t find her. they find the other bodies. that s how they tweaked to this case. that s the start of the gilgo beach killer. dana: this case has been huge for a long time. we had an exchange this morning saying you worried it would never get solve. i have to be honest. one of those cold, cold cases you start to say to yourself are they ever going to do it. there was all this drama with their former chief, a guy named burke who got arrested for
this is called an interview. not sure if the reporter is from france. it is a well polished video. it runs rather extensively. question and answer about him and his life and what he does with his firm. that s the name we now have, rex hoyerman. dana: at the site of thinks home investigators are there wearing that protective gear because they want to make sure they can preserve any sort of evidence. one of the things we don t know, what was the break in the case? did it have to do with new technology and dna evidence? the police department there has never given up. we talked to john ray, a lawyer for two of the victims families. they have maintained that the murder could be solved. it has captured the imagination of the country for so many years. finally you are seeing the home of rex hoyerman and he is the