According to the Suffolk County sheriff in New York, additional sex workers have stepped forward after they they had interactions with the accused Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann.
“My staff is really going to vet these additional females to see if they actually did come in contact with him and then see what that contact was and see if that can lead us in any other possible direction,” Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. said Wednesday, according to CBS New York.
So far, it’s unclear how many additional victims have spoken out or when and where they allegedly interacted with Heuermann.
Toulon added that Heuermann now has recreation time and can recieve mail and make phone calls at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead. The sheriff previously said that Heuermann is in an isolated cell alone and appears to be “comfortable.”
“He’s in the cell by himself, he’s receiving all the services that any other person who’s incarcerated will receive,” Toulon told WCBS 880.
“It seems like he’s very comfortable in his cell and his surroundings. He’s indicated to my staff that he would not be any issue to us and would be extremely compliant, so we’ll see how that plays out in the days and weeks ahead.”
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Heuermann was arrested July 13 for the deaths of three of the four women known collectively as the “Gilgo Four.” The bodies were found within days of each other on Gilgo Beach in December 2010. All four women were buried in burlap sacks.
Heuerman has been charged with six counts of murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27; and is the prime suspect in the death of 25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
Toulon said that they monitor and videotape Heuermann 24 hours a day, and “all inmate movement stops” when he is moved from one place to another within the jail.
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[Feature Photo: Rex Heuermann/Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office via AP]
