Tuesday's Dr. Oz Show Discusses Long Island Serial Killer

LONG ISLAND, NY— A podcast producer and Long Island native will be on The Dr. Oz Show Tuesday, discussing the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) and former chief James Burke's handling of the Long Island serial killer case. Billy Jensen and Alexis Linkletter hosted "Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer," a six-part podcast and Discovery documentary show, looking into how the SCPD handled the investigation into the Gilgo Beach bodies.

The talk show episode will air Tuesday.

Billy Jensen explains the background of the case to Dr. Oz:

“A guy named James Burke was appointed chief of police, and the first thing he did was he kicked out all of the task forces. He kicked out the head of detectives and didn't even download him and download that information, figure out what he knew. He just kicked him out. Then, the most egregious thing that he did is he kicked the FBI out of the investigation. So you have ten bodies and actually, 11 with Shannan being found on the beach in Oak Beach on the South Shore of Long Island, and he kicks out the most sophisticated crime-solving unit in the history of the world. Why did he do that?”

Dr. Oz and Jensen will also discuss Burke's checkered history of being involved with sex workers and an internal affairs investigation into misconduct, according to the show. Dr. Oz says he is "stunned" by the lack of punishment Burke got at the time and his eventual promotion to chief of police.

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