Infamous Long Island Serial Killer Suspect in Custody: Officials

Infamous Long Island Serial Killer Suspect in Custody: Officials


 

by Tony Gray
July 14, 2023





Long Island police Friday arrested a suspect, who they have not yet identified, for multiple murders in the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer case.
According to law enforcement officials, a suspect connected to the chilling murders is now in custody. The case has remained unsolved for more than a decade, according to a Long Island Press report.
The unidentified Massapequa man was taken into custody without incident at a location in Nassau County, according to the report.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney’s office announced authorities will conduct a press conference Friday to share “a significant development” in the investigation.
The investigation into these tragic killings began after the discovery of multiple sets of human remains along Ocean Parkway.
A cadaver dog found four sets of human remains on the north side of Ocean Parkway in an unpopulated stretch of Gilgo Beach in December 2010. Suffolk County police had been searching for 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert.
Police subsequently found a total of 10 sets of human remains on the Jones Beach barrier island, the Long Island Press reported. Gilbert was later found in a marsh near Oak Beach in 2011.
Investigators have stated they are unsure if she was murdered or accidentally drowned. Suffolk County police released her 2010 call to 911 from the home of a client in Oak Beach, according to an NBC News report.

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Rex Heuermann, architect and married dad of two, busted in Gilgo Beach serial killings after DNA found on pizza box
By
Joe Marino,
Larry Celona,
Tina Moore,
Craig McCarthy and
Lee Brown
July 14, 2023 6:41am
Updated

A suspected serial killer has been arrested over the notorious Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island, The Post can confirm.
Rex Heuermann, 59, a married architect at a New York City firm, was caught after DNA from the hair of victim Megan Waterman matched that of his, taken by investigators from a discarded pizza crust in January.
The father-of-two — a former classmate of Hollywood actor Billy Baldwin — was arrested Thursday after cops had staked out his home on 1st Avenue in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and office at 385 Fifth Ave in Manhattan.
His arrest is tied to the so-called “Gilgo Four,” women found wrapped in burlap within days of each other in late 2010, and not the other six who were later eyed as possibly being connected, the source said.
Heuermann appeared in court Friday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and other charges related to the deaths of three women over 10 years ago. The life-long suburbanite, who was emotionless in court, was also named the prime suspect in a fourth killing.
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Rex Heuermann is seen leaving Suffolk County Police 7th Precinct.John Roca/Newsday/Splash News



Dna from the crust in his pizza box matched dna of a male hair found on a victim (Waterman).Suffolk County  



The discarded pizza box.Suffolk County  
 


Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested in connection to the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island. Rex Heuermann Consultants & Associates



Suffolk County Police, NY State Police, and Nassau County Police were seen investigating Heuermann’s home in Massapequa Park, NY. Dennis A. Clark
Ahead of his court appearance, a bail application revealed several shocking details about his crimes:

• Cellphone bills linked to Heuermann revealed that he used a burner phone to meet up with three of the four victims. He was also linked to one of the cell phones on a surveillance video that showed him purchasing the device at a store in Midtown Manhattan
  
• A burner phone allegedly used by Heuermann placed a menacing call to victim Melissa Barthelemy’s relative after her death
  
• Heuermann’s wife was traveling out of state during the murders of Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello
  
• Records obtained from Tinder revealed the burner phone was linked to a fictitious account for “Andrew Roberts” using an email that Heuermann also accessed from his personal cellphone. Selfies that appeared to have been taken by Heuermann were sent to solicit sex on the email account associated with his dating profile
  
• Two of the burner cellphones were used “extensively” between 2021 and 2023 to contact sex workers and massage parlors
  
• An email address linked to one of the burner phones was used to conduct thousands of searches related to sex workers, child pornography and sadistic, torture-related sex acts such as “girl begging for rape porn,” “pretty girl with bruised face porn” and “tied up and raped porn”
  
• Numerous searches about the Gilgo Beach murders were also linked to the email address associated with the burner phone, including “why hasn’t the long island serial killer been caught,” “why could law enforcement not trace the calls made by the long island serial killer” and for the task force investigating him. There were also queries relating to specific victims and their relatives, as well as podcasts and documentaries relating to the case
  
• An IP address used to book flights for Heuermann and his wife on JetBlue also accessed Gilgonews.com, a website maintained by authorities to share updates on the murder case
  
• Heuermann’s wife’s DNA was believed to be found on three of the victims’ bodies. DNA testing on a water bottle from outside Heuermann’s home was determined to be a match to a sample of a woman’s hair found on tape used to tie up Costello and Waterman, as well as the belt used to bind victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ feet.
  
• Authorities believe that heavy-set Heuermann matches the description of the “ogre”-like john seen with Costello before she vanished
  
• Heuermann drives a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche, the same vehicle that a witness in Costello’s case said was driven by the suspect.
  

Heuermann is the owner and founder of Midtown architecture firm RH Consultants and Associates, which counts Catholic Charities, NYC-DEP Sewerage Treatment, and American Airlines as clients, according to its website.

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