A defense attorney for the man accused of being the Long Island serial killer says he wants the cases against his client tried separately. Rex Heuermann — charged with six murders, including the so-called “Gilgo 4” — appeared for a status hearing this week before State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei, Newsday reported. Michael J. …
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, …
The Suffolk County police commissioner in New York says investigators are now looking into additional sex worker killings to determine if they are linked with accused Long Island serial killer suspect, Rex Heuermann. Pix 11 reports that Commissioner Rodney Harrison confirmed Wednesday that two detectives have been assigned to investigate unsolved sex worker murders in …
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 …
On Tuesday, the New York State Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against accused Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann, alleging that he failed to fulfill the payments he agreed upon after violating New York labor laws. According to court documents filed at the Manhattan State Supreme Court, New York’s Labor Commissioner, Roberta Reardon, argued …
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 …
The daughter of a missing South Carolina woman plans to identify Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann as the last person she saw with her mother, who has been missing since 2017. Speaking to CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace on Thursday’s “Crime Stories” episode, Heidi Kovas said her friend Julia “Julie” Ann Bean, was last seen …
The family of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann plans to take legal action against police, alleging that their home was left in disarray after investigators spent nearly two weeks searching it, PIX11 reports. On Friday, lawyers representing the family announced their intention to file a notice of claim against authorities, a move that …
A New York judge ordered Wednesday that accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann must provide the prosecution with a DNA sample, despite arguments by Heuermann’s defense team arguing that prosecutors didn’t establish enough probable cause. “The court finds that contrary to the defendant’s contention, there is probable cause to believe the defendant committed the …
The accused Long Island serial killer’s lawyer is contesting the prosecution’s request for a DNA swab from Rex Heuermann, claiming that prosecutors didn’t establish enough probable cause. “The assertions contained the people’s moving papers might be construed as rising to the level of a reasonable suspicion, but that is a far cry from the standard …
Gilgo Beach victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes had her body secured with a belt marked with either “WH” or “HM,” and the county prosecutor says those initials are the same as accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann’s grandfather. In an interview in Newsday, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said that the belt, which was considered …
Prosecutors are seeking to obtain DNA from accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann, who stands accused of murdering three women and dumping their bodies at New York’s Gilgo Beach. According to CNN, the Suffolk County DA’s office submitted a request to swab Heuermann’s cheek for DNA, a spokesperson told the outlet Thursday. An attorney for …
