A Long Island company is remembering the Gilgo Beach murder victims in an eerie way: selling ornate jewelry named for them.
The ten necklaces from Long Island-based company Jimmytoast are part of what the business calls The Heavy Metal Project. They feature thorns and spikes to evoke the dense thicket where the remains were found. Colors match the nail polish the women wore.
Models showcased the ”hauntingly beautiful” jewelry on the company’s website. There was also a child model for a necklace dedicated to the unidentified toddler whose remains were found in 1997.
Jewelry designer Jamie Quilisadio initially had the idea for the project and partnered with the true-crime podcast “The First Degree” in May to launch it.
“We just want to keep their spirits alive,” she insisted to the New York Post. “I definitely never meant for it to seem rude or dark or anything like that.”
The necklaces fetch between $60-$120 and have sold out.
The current proceeds, $5,346, are scheduled to go to the Sex Workers Outreach Project, according to Quilisadio.
