{"id":1976296,"date":"2023-07-18T14:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-everything-we-know-about-rex-heuermann-and-the-long-island-killings\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:37:43","slug":"gilgo-beach-murders-everything-we-know-about-rex-heuermann-and-the-long-island-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-everything-we-know-about-rex-heuermann-and-the-long-island-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Heuermann and the Long Island killings: What we know about Gilgo Beach murders."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgilgo-beach-murders-everything-we-know-about-rex-heuermann-and-the-long-island-killings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Breakthrough in \u200bthe Gilgo Beach Murders \u200dCase: \u2064Suspect Arrested<\/h2>\n<p>After more \u2064than a decade\u2064 of\u2064 investigation, the Gilgo\u2063 Beach murders\u200c could finally\u2063 be\u2063 on\u200c the path \u2064to \u2063resolution\u2063 as police \u2062made \u2062a \u2063significant \u2064breakthrough \u2062last \u2063week. Rex Heuermann,\u2064 infamously known as the Long \u200cIsland\u200b serial killer,\u200b appeared \u200cin court \u200bjust \u200da day after \u200bhis\u200d arrest.\u200d During the trial,\u2062 he\u200c pleaded not\u2062 guilty \u200cto the initial counts of \u200cthree\u2063 murders\u200c laid against\u200b him, but \u2064prosecutors \u200dare\u200c determined\u2062 to\u200c bring more \u200ccharges\u200b against the\u200b suspect.<\/p>\n<h3>Who \u2062is Rex Heuermann?<\/h3>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-lawmakers-urge-doj-to-open-criminal-investigation-into-cuomo-for-alleged-obstruction-of-justice\/\" title=\"U.S. Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Open Criminal Investigation Into Cuomo For Alleged Obstruction Of Justice\">allegedly committing<\/a> several \u2064murders, Heuermann \u200dmanaged\u200c to \u200clead \u200ba\u2063 double\u2062 life. By \u200cday, he\u200c worked as\u200d an \u200darchitect and\u200c architectural consultant in Manhattan, residing\u2062 in \u2064Massapequa, \u200bNew \u200cYork, with\u2063 his \u2062wife \u200cand two \u2063children.\u200c However,\u200b his imposing \u200c6&#8217;4&#8243;\u2062 heavyset\u2064 stature \u2062often intimidated people,\u200d making his neighbors uneasy. Nevertheless, to\u2062 strangers, he \u2063appeared\u200c quite ordinary.<\/p>\n<h3>How\u2062 many\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uganda-halts-vote-campaigning-in-some-areas-opposition-cries-foul\/\" title=\"Uganda halts vote campaigning in some areas, opposition cries foul\">people died<\/a>\u200d in\u200c the &#8216;Gilgo\u2063 Beach murders&#8217;?<\/h3>\n<p>A \u2062total of 11\u2064 deaths\u200c have \u2063been linked\u200b to\u200b the\u200c Gilgo Beach murders. However, Heuermann has \u2062only \u2063been \u200bcharged with three\u200c of\u200c these \u2063murders, \u2064with \u2064the\u200d possibility of\u200d a\u2063 fourth \u200bindictment looming.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2063victims\u200c are collectively\u2063 known \u2064as \u200dthe \u2064&#8221;Gilgo \u200bFour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Who \u200care\u2064 the\u200d Gilgo\u200c Four?<\/h3>\n<p>Police\u200b have\u2062 connected Heuermann \u2062to\u200c the deaths \u200cof \u200bfour\u2062 women: \u200bMaureen Brainard-Barnes,\u2064 Melissa \u2063Barthelemy, Megan \u2064Waterman, and \u2064Amber Lynn Costello. All\u2063 four \u2062women had\u200d worked as prostitutes\u2064 before \u200btheir\u2062 tragic demise. Notably,\u200c Costello&#8217;s \u200ddeath has \u2064yet \u2064to\u200b result in \u2063a \u200bcharge\u2062 against Heuermann.<\/p>\n<h3>Where were\u200d the bodies found?<\/h3>\n<p>Between 2010\u200d and 2011,\u2063 a \u200cseries\u200b of \u2064bodies \u2063were\u200d discovered along \u200ba \u200ddesolate \u200chighway\u200d near Gilgo Beach.\u2063 The remains \u2063of\u2062 Brainard-Barnes,\u200c Barthelemy, \u2063Waterman, and Costello\u2063 were found \u200cin close proximity to \u200ceach\u2062 other, \u200dprompting\u2062 local \u2063police\u200c to \u200binvestigate.<\/p>\n<h3>How \u2062did authorities\u2063 find\u200b him?<\/h3>\n<p>The investigation \u2063into Heuermann\u200c gained\u2064 momentum in \u2064February 2022\u2062 when a special task\u2062 force \u200cwas \u2062formed specifically to\u2063 apprehend \u200dthe \u2064Long\u200c Island serial killer.\u2063 Prior\u200c to this,\u200c the case \u200chad been marred \u2064by \u2063dysfunction \u200band\u2062 halted\u2063 due \u200cto a\u2064 police\u200d corruption \u2062scandal.<\/p>\n<p>After\u200d years\u200c of\u2062 dormancy, \u2063the case\u200d was \u200dreignited over \u2064a year ago. The task force \u200dmade\u2064 significant\u2062 progress \u200dby\u200c examining\u2062 the \u2064cellphone \u2063records of\u200d the \u2062four victims and\u2064 triangulating the location\u200c from\u200d which Heuermann \u200dhad\u2064 contacted\u200d them. Subsequently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-everything-we-know-about-rex-heuermann-and-the-long-island-killings\/\" title=\"Rex Heuermann and the Long Island killings: What we know about Gilgo Beach murders.\">law \u200cenforcement collected\u2062 discarded\u200b items<\/a>, \u2063including\u200c 11 bottles and\u2063 crusts \u2063in a \u2064pizza\u200d box,\u200b from \u200chis\u2064 trash can \u2062to compare his \u2062DNA with\u2062 that found at\u2063 the crime \u200dscenes.<\/p>\n<p>Finally,\u200d last \u2062Thursday \u200bnight, authorities arrested Heuermann \u2062at his Massapequa residence, leading \u200cto \u2064his\u2062 appearance \u2063in court. The\u200b criminal\u200c investigation remains ongoing \u200bas law\u200b enforcement \u200dstrives \u2063to \u2062establish connections between\u2063 Heuermann and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-records-largest-number-of-january-homicides-in-four-years\/\" title=\"Chicago Records Largest Number Of January Homicides In Four Years\">additional murders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here\u200c to\u200d read \u2063more\u200c from <strong>The Washington\u200d Examiner<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After over a decade of probing, the Gilgo Beach murders may finally see progress as a suspect, Rex Heuermann, was apprehended by the police last week. Heuermann, also known as the Long Island serial killer, appeared in court the day after his arrest and pleaded not guilty during the trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}