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Prosecutors: LI Serial Killer Suspect Penned a Murder Guide

How-to manual reportedly includes lessons learned, reminders to check for cameras

(Newser) - When authorities charged alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann with his fifth and sixth murders earlier this month, they referred to a document that had helped the architect avoid detection. It was, in fact, a "blueprint for murder" that may now become "damning evidence against him,"...

New Charges: LI Serial Killer Suspect Was At It Longer Than Thought

Heuermann charged in 2 new killings; prosecutors say they found 'blueprint' to do better 'next time'

(Newser) - The New York architect previously accused of killing four women and leaving their corpses scattered along a coastal highway was charged Thursday in the deaths of two more women, instead of the one that prosecutors had hinted at earlier in the week . Rex Heuermann, 60, was set to appear before...

Gilgo Beach Suspect Faces Charge in Fifth Murder

Rex Heuermann expected to be indicted in another slaying this week

(Newser) - As it stands, suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is formally accused of murdering four young women. But Newsday and NBC New York report that the number will increase to five later this week. The 60-year-old is expected to be indicted on the new murder charge Thursday. The Suffolk...

Suspected LI Serial Killer's Wife Giving Him 'Benefit of the Doubt'

Asa Ellerup, estranged wife of Rex Heuermann, says she'll 'withhold judgment' until trial's end

(Newser) - Rex Heuermann won't just have to convince a jury he's innocent of four serial killings, but also his wife. Asa Ellerup, the estranged wife of the suspected Long Island serial killer, put out a statement Wednesday saying she "will listen to all of the evidence and withhold...

Long Island Serial Killer Suspect Hit With New Charge

Rex Heuermann had previously been named prime suspect in murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes

(Newser) - An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother of two who vanished in 2007 and whose remains were found more than three years later along a coastal highway in New York....

For Wife of Gilgo Beach Suspect, a Documentary Payday

Asa Ellerup is participating in project intended for Peacock streaming service

(Newser) - Asa Ellerup filed for divorce days after her husband was arrested and accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer of Long Island. But Ellerup, 59, has since visited Rex Heuermann in prison and has attended one of his court hearings, though with a camera crew in tow, reports the...

Heuermann May Have Been Spotted With Missing Woman

Julia Ann Bean, a likely escort who struggled with addiction, vanished in South Carolina in 2017

(Newser) - Authorities are investigating a possible link between the suspect in New York's Gilgo Beach serial killings and a woman who disappeared in South Carolina, where Rex Heuermann owns property. Julia Ann Bean was last seen May 31, 2017, in Sumter County, about 90 miles northwest of Chester County, where...

Gilgo Beach 'Jane Doe No. 7' Is Finally Identified

Police on Long Island say her name was Karen Vergata, who went missing in 1996

(Newser) - Authorities have identified another of the murder victims buried years ago at Long Island's Gilgo Beach, reports the New York Post . The woman previously referred to as "Jane Doe No. 7" is Karen Vergata, says Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney. Vergata disappeared on Valentine's Day...

Suspected Serial Killer's Wife Says Search Wrecked Home

'My children cry themselves to sleep,' Asa Ellerup says

(Newser) - For Asa Ellerup, the nightmare of discovering that her husband is a suspected serial killer has been worsened by a police search that she says has made her Long Island home unlivable. Ellerup, who filed for divorce from Rex Heuermann after his arrest last month, was recently allowed to return...

Search of Heuermann's Home Yields 'Massive Amount' of Evidence

But DA says it will take time to catalog, analyze

(Newser) - The nearly two-week-long search of the home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is over, authorities announced Tuesday, and a "massive amount" of evidence was recovered. Not much else was revealed, with the district attorney warning that it would "take some time" to catalog and analyze...

After Heuermann Arrest, Cold Cases in 3 States Get New Look

Long Island architect owns property in Nevada, South Carolina; Atlantic City looking its cases over

(Newser) - Unsolved murders "around the nation" are getting a fresh look this week in light of the arrest of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann, Suffolk County, New York, Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison tells WABC . Heuermann is charged with killing three sex workers on Long Island, and is considered the prime...

Heuermann's 'Blindsided' Wife Files for Divorce

Cops seize second Chevy Avalanche, a vehicle that proved key to finding suspect

(Newser) - The wife of Rex Heuermann, the man charged with killing three sex workers found dead on Long Island and the prime suspect in the murder of a fourth, has filed for divorce, NBC News reports. A lawyer confirms a summons and complaint were filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court on...

Cops: Suspected Serial Killer Had an 'Arsenal' at Home

More than 200 firearms have been removed from Rex Heuermann's Long Island home

(Newser) - Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann was arrested last week at his Manhattan office instead of his home because of concerns about the huge number of weapons he kept at his Long Island residence, authorities say. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison says the 59-year-old architect kept more than 200 guns...

Suspected Serial Killer at Jail: 'Is It in the News?'

Meanwhile, DA says suspect's DNA was found on victim's body

(Newser) - During intake at the jail after he was arrested on suspicion of murdering at least three women in Long Island's Gilgo Beach, Rex Heuermann had just one question, a source tells CNN : "Is it in the news?" The 59-year-old was placed on suicide watch, a Suffolk County Sheriff'...

Predictions About Alleged Serial Killer Were Eerily On-Point

Criminologists turned out to be right about what the suspect might be like

(Newser) - The New York Times takes a look back at its own 2011 article on the Gilgo Beach serial killer, and the results are eerie: Criminologists interviewed by the paper at the time said the suspect would be a white man in his mid-20s to mid-40s who was either married or...

'Watershed' Break in L.I. Case Came in Vehicle Database

Investigators found match for vehicle linked to suspect Rex Heuermann from old witness statement

(Newser) - If Long Island architect Rex Heuermann is indeed the Gilgo Beach serial killer , it appears that he was done in by a sharp-eyed witness and Heuermann's own choice of vehicle. District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney says the "watershed" discovery in the case came in March 2022, when investigators...

Alleged NY Serial Killer Is a 59-Year-Old Architect
Alleged NY Serial Killer
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Alleged NY Serial Killer Is a 59-Year-Old Architect

Rex Heuermann faces murder charges related to three women so far in Long Island

(Newser) - Authorities say a notorious serial killer on Long Island is a 59-year-old architect named Rex Heuermann who murdered his victims while his wife was out of town. "This is a day that is a long time in coming, and hopefully a day that will bring peace to this community...

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