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 …
A lawyer for Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s two adult children says they’re “not foreclosing” a jailhouse visit to their father but haven’t made a decision. Vess Mitev told British tabloid The U.S. Sun that Victoria Heuermann, 26, and her stepbrother Christopher Sheridan, 33, are “dealing with this on a minute-by-minute basis.” “Anything …
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 …
Lawyers for the family of accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann say his adult children are in a “surreal, waking horror show,” according to Fox News Digital. Heuermann’s two adult children, 26-year-old Victoria Heuermann, and Christopher Sheridan, 33, are reportedly trying to put their lives back together while dealing with the backlash of Heuermann’s …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace thinks Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann has more victims — some found and some who have yet to be found — and the most recently named victim found on Gilgo Beach may be one of them. Heuermann, 59, has been charged with the murders of three women — Amber Costello, …
A law enforcement expert is urging investigators to search an expansive nature preserve for bodies given its proximity to the home of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, the New York Post reports. The 430-acre Massapequa Preserve includes secluded and overgrown woods that would be viable places to hide victims, Joseph Giacalone told the …
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 …
The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer’s wife has spoken with him since his arrest, her lawyer said Tuesday, adding that she hasn’t been questioned by investigators. Newsday reports that attorney Robert Macedonio is currently representing Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, in her divorce proceedings against him. Macendio said that his client hasn’t seen Heuremann since his …
Asa Ellerup, the wife of accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann, returned to the couple’s Massapequa Park home this week and was stunned at the destruction left behind by the nearly two weeks investigators spent meticulously searching the residence. Ellerup, 59, filed for divorce shortly after Heuermann’s arrest for the murders of three of …
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is scheduled to appear at an upcoming court hearing on Tuesday in at the Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York. According to Newsday, Heuermann is set to appear before Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei at 8 a.m. EST, where a bail request could be made. Suffolk County …
Investigators don’t believe the suspected Gilgo Beach killer is responsible for the unsolved deaths of four sex workers found dead just outside Atlantic City in 2006. Rex Heuermann, 59, is charged in the deaths of Amber Costello, Megan Waterman, and Melissa Barthelemy and is the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. The four …
