Testimonials

I am Kathy Kupka and Gil Alba is my private investigator. I could have told you over 5 years ago that he deserved to be investigator of the year because he saved my life. My sister, Kristine Kupka, disappeared in October of 1998. The police did nothing and I didn’t know what to do . . . then in stepped Gil. From that time on, he has never given up, never forgotten Kristine, always followed up on every lead, respected my loss, always acted positively and has always been optimistic that one day we would find Kristine.

It gives me great pleasure to discuss an individual that by far and whole heartedly is a unique human being. As for me I’m Michael Diaz, a retired detective second grader, twenty year member of the New York City Police Department. I have worked in some of the most elite units in the police department through out my twenty year illustrious career. I’ve been involved in over 1000 police arrest cases and have received numerous awards and citations including the medal of Valor. I am formerly the 1996 Police American Gladiator show champion. I was featured on the Americas Heroes ESPN football special after The World Trade Center bombing. 

My name is Cheryl Gassler from Bangor, PA and I am writing this on behalf of Mr. Gil Alba. Mr. Alba was contacted in April of 2003 by our lawyer who could no longer help us in locating our missing 19yr. old son...

My name is Marie Cilento. I met Mr. Alba in June 2003, when I brought to him, what I believed to be unusual circumstances surrounding the death of my brother.  Not only was Mr. Alba compassionate and understanding, but, more importantly, he believed in me and the fact that there was more to my brother's death then the NYS Police were willing to see.  To this day, the NYS Police still feel nothing out of the ordinary took place.

l have had the pleasure and honor to have worked with Gil Alba in both my capacity as an FBI Agent of 27 years and as a private investigator/consultant for the past 3 years. He is an individual of high moral character, integrity, an excellent investigator and a true professional.

"I am French and my daughter disappeared in the USA , so I had the occasion to meet Gil Alba during my search to N.Y. I appreciated to meet Mr Alba who gave evidence of a big courtesy and made the maximun to help  and stimulate me with a lot of tact and kindness, Gil Alba listened because I have never given him money. In this painful matter I feel stimulated by the idea to have an honest person like Gil on the American ground"

I want to commend the Associated Licensed Detectives of NY State on the selection of Gil Alba for Investigator of the Year, 2003. After retiring as CEO of Prodigy Services Company, I had the pleasure of working as a volunteer with Gil on the Larry Andrews, missing person case, in 1998. Gil “drafted” me to be a part of a team that he put together to conduct a comprehensive search for the missing boy whose body was eventually found. It was clear to me then that Gil was a very organized, professional and driven investigator who went well beyond normal business borders to do what was necessary, working around the clock to help find the family’s missing son.

It is, indeed, a genuine honor to offer this testimonial in behalf of Gil Alba who will be recognized as "Investigator of the Year" later this year. I feel like a dim voice from his distant past recalling my impressions of a young man about to ride out the rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood... But acorns drop and grow near the grand trees into which they will eventually grow... those who have loved them and those who taught them. I sincerely believe, with the usual few exceptions, that living with a person for four years, twenty-four  hours a day, ten months a year does impart a better understanding and truer picture of what to expect from a boy growing into his manhood.

Some 20 years ago, I first met Gil Alba. It was an immediate pleasure. Tall, good looking, sweetly friendly - just a charming fellow, and so he has remained. Our friendship blossomed and grew. Indeed, this friendship has never stopped growing.

One evening in late fall 1998 I -- a journalist and author, on the trail of a powerful story about a very likable young New York woman who disappeared without a trace --was sitting with assembled volunteers in a Brooklyn brownstone, waiting for the guest of honor to show. The guest of honor was The Expert -- a professional in finding vanished and victimized people, and he was going to teach them all how to do their volunteer canvasing, poster-distributing and amateur search. He was Gil Alba, a detective who specialized in missing young people; he had recently led the (ultimately tragic) search for a young male student who hailed from Gil's own upper-Westchester or Putnam County region. Gil had heard about Kristine Kupka's disappearance and had driven all the way down  the twisty Saw Mill Parkway to Brooklyn , to help Kupka's family organize volunteers to help find her.

My name is Tom Fitzgibbon and I joined the NYPD in 1962, as a police officer, in an era when The Police Department was trying to change its image to that of a more caring, open and accountable Department. In the early seventies, I was assigned to an investigative unit where I met and worked with Gil Alba for most of that decade.

I have spent more than 30 years in law enforcement, assigned to the Major Case Squad and became the commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. Having worked every imaginable type case, I am completely familiar with conducting a thorough and proper criminal investigation, one that will lead to a successful prosecution. Mr. Alba is a credit to law enforcement.

Associated Licensed Detectives of New York State

It is an honor to offer this personal endorsement for professional investigator Gil Alba. A missing persons investigation specialist in my own right, I called upon Gil when I found myself some time ago faced with an especially perplexing set of circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a young woman from the Washington, DC area. In this particular situation, I was treading in unchartered waters, and I contacted Gil for assistance. He proved both accessible and responsive.

It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of testimony for Gil Alba . I have known Gil for over ten years. Gil and I first met in 1993. We were assigned to a Joint FBI/NYPD Task Force. Gil had well over twenty years experience with the Police Department and was already an accomplished investigator. Gil and I along with other task force members investigated notorious home invasion robbery gangs, who preyed on business owners and rob them of proceeds from their business. These robberies were always violent in nature and the victims and their family were often tied up, terrorized and tortured until they disclose the whereabouts of the money.