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Accused Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann Subject of Police Interviews With Jailed Sex Workers He May Have ‘Hunted’
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Authorities are interviewing female inmates who have performed sex work to investigate whether accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is involved in other unsolved murders, The New York Times reports. Police have interviewed approximately 120 women in jails on Long Island and have forwarded information gleaned from interviews with 10 inmates who allege they …

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September 29, 2023

‘Substantial Evidence’ Links Long Island Serial Killer Suspect Rex Heuermann to Another Victim

Police say there is “substantial evidence” linking accused Long Island Serial killer Rex Heuermann to another victim found deceased at New York’s Gilgo Beach. According to a bail application submitted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, 59-year-old Heuermann is the prime suspect in the death Maureen Brainard-Barnes, a Connecticut woman who vanished in 2007, …

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September 28, 2023

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Who Had her Munchausen Mom Killed, Is Granted Parole

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who had her boyfriend murder her abusive mother in 2015, will be released from a Missouri prison this year after being granted parole. KOZL reported that Blanchard, 32, will be released from prison on December 28 after serving 85 percent of a 10-year sentence. Blanchard, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, admitted …

Mug shot of Joran van der Sloot side by side with photo of Natalee Holloway
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September 24, 2023

Natalee Holloway: Joran van der Sloot Said He and His Dad ‘Took Care of Things’

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway allegedly said that he and his father “took care of things” in a newly discovered email sent shortly after the Alabama teen went missing, The Messenger reports. According to the news outlet, Joran van der Sloot sent an email to a person named “David G” two …

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September 17, 2023

Kohberger Allegedly Receiving Special Privileges in Jail, Victim’s Father Says

The father of one of Bryan Kohberger’s alleged victims says the accused killer may be receiving special privileges in jail that other inmates are not provided, Fox News reports. Kohberger, 28, is facing four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. The four …

Asa Ellerup/Facebook; Rex Heuermann/Suffolk County Police Department via AP
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September 15, 2023

‘The county has no lawful right to any of it’: Accused Long Island Serial Killer’s Wife Demands Guns Taken from Rex Heuermann’s Home

The estranged with of the accused Long Island serial killer wants guns back, seized by investigators in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders. According to News 12, Asa Ellerup has no source of income after her husband, Rex Heuermann, was arrested for three of the Gilgo Beach murders, her attorney, Robert Macedonio, said. During a …

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September 15, 2023

Brian Laundrie Sent Nonchalant Text to Friend Days After Gabby Petito’s Death: Report

Presumed girlfriend killer Brian Laundrie sent a text to a friend following Gabby Petito’s death, without making any reference to her, according to text messages obtained by The Messenger News. Laundrie reportedly sent a message to a friend on September 4, the day he returned to Florida alone after taking a cross-country trip with Gabby …

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September 9, 2023

Idaho College Murders: Demolition Delayed Again of King Road House

The University of Idaho is putting on hold once again plans to demolish the off-campus home where four students were murdered last year, KHQ-TV reports. Officials this week decided to wait to tear down the King Road residence until Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial has concluded. The trial had been scheduled for October 2, but Kohberger …

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September 8, 2023

Long Island Serial Killer Suspect Investigated for Unsolved 1989 Murder as Prosecutors Turn Over Hundreds of His Guns

Suffolk County prosecutors are expected to hand over more than 280 firearms seized from accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home, while New York police investigate the death of another potential victim. According to Newsday, Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Opisso filed a motion with the State Supreme Court Thursday, indicating that Heuermann …

Asa Ellerup and Rex Heuermann
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August 28, 2023

Police Dump Accused Long Island Serial Killer’s Family Cats at Kill Shelter After Trashing Home During Evidence Search: Report

Cats of belonging Rex Heuermann’s family were reportedly taken to a kill shelter, following investigators’ weeks-long search of the suspect’s New York home. Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, and her two adult children, Christopher and Victoria, were banned from their home for weeks while investigators searched the Massapequa Park residence in July and Agusut, in an …

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August 15, 2023

Jodi Arias, Who Murdered Lover in Cold Blood, Is Prison Library Aide

Jodi Arias, who killed her ex-boyfriend in Arizona in 2008, reportedly is serving her life sentence as a prison library aide. Arias drove to Travis Alexander’s Mesa home and stabbed him, leaving behind her DNA. Authorities found Alexander, 30, dead in his shower with his throat slit, a gunshot wound to his head, and stabs …

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August 10, 2023

IDAHO 4 SLAY SUSPECT BRYAN KOHBERGER WANTS HIS OWN EXPERT TO CHALLENGE DNA

Lawyers for accused Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger want their own DNA expert to examine the prosecution’s use of forensic genetic genealogy to identify their client as the killer of four University of Idaho students last November. In an affidavit filed in support of the defense motion for detailed access on the prosecution’s use of DNA …