1 year, 7 months ago

New York authorities identify another Gilgo Beach murder victim. She was previously known as ‘Fire Island Jane Doe’

CNN

CNN — Two weeks after announcing the arrest of the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, authorities in New York on Friday revealed the identity of a woman whose remains were among those found during the course of the investigation over a decade ago. Karen Vergata, a 34-year-old escort from Manhattan who went missing on Valentine’s Day in 1996, is the murder victim known as “Fire Island Jane Doe,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said at a news conference. Vergata’s remains were among nearly a dozen sets of human remains found along Ocean Parkway on the South Shore of Long Island between 2010 and 2011, including four women who became known as the “Gilgo Four.” No missing persons complaint was filed when Vergata went missing, Tierney said. The long-running murder mystery on suburban Long Island remained unsolved for over a decade until a break in the case came last month, after investigators recovered DNA from a pizza crust that was thrown away – linking it to the alleged killer of the Gilgo Four – Heuermann, a New York City architect. Initially, Vergata’s remains — feet and legs — were found on April 20, 1996, on the bay shore of Fire Island, to the east of Gilgo Beach, Tierney said.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Remains of a woman killed in New York identified after over 30 years using DNA technology

Associated Press

NEW YORK — New York authorities have identified the body of a woman found more than 30 years ago near the intersection of two parkways in Queens by using advanced DNA technology. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said her office’s cold case unit, the New York Police Department and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner identified the woman as 30-year-old …

3 months ago

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation

India Today

For years, women had been disappearing on Long Island. Then in 2010, investigators searching for a missing woman began finding 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway, not far from the sands of New York’s remote Gilgo Beach. May 1, 2010: Shannan Gilbert, a sex worker, disappears in the barrier island community of Oak …

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged with seventh murder

The Independent

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3 months ago

The suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings is charged in the death of a 7th woman

NPR

The suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings is charged in the death of a 7th woman toggle caption James Carbone/Newsday via AP RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. Sponsor Message Some of Mack's skeletal …

3 months ago

Suspected Gilgo Beach killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with additional murder

Salon

Rex Heuermann, charged with the killing of six women in a now infamous crime case referred to as "the Gilgo Beach killings," appeared in court on Tuesday to respond to a seventh charge linking him to the death of an additional woman, according to an indictment filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Maintaining his innocence, Heuermann told the judge overseeing …

6 months ago

New York officials release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim

Associated Press

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Law enforcement officials on Monday released new, more detailed renderings of one of the victims whose remains were found along a coastal highway in New York’s Long Island more than a decade ago in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said at a news conference with other …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann charged in slayings of two more women

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Suspect In Gilgo Beach Killings Charged With Murders Of 2 More Women

Huff Post

A Nassau County police car is parked in Massapequa Park, outside the home of alleged killer of three sex workers in the Gilgo Beach case, Rex Heuermann, on July 26, 2023. Pool via Getty Images Costilla’s body was found in a wooded area of Southampton by two hunters, according to a recently filed bail application obtained by HuffPost. One witness …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Associated Press

Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway, not far from the sands of New York’s remote Gilgo Beach. May 1, 2010: Shannan Gilbert, a sex worker, disappears in the barrier island community of Oak Beach, New York, after fleeing the house of a client …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect charged in the deaths of two more women

Associated Press

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and leaving their corpses scattered along the Long Island coast kept a “blueprint” of his crimes on his computer, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they brought charges against Rex Heuermann in two more killings. AP AUDIO: Man charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings kept ‘blueprint’ of crimes on computer, …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Man charged in New York serial killings kept ‘blueprint’ of crimes on computer, prosecutors say

LA Times

Rex Heuermann, center, charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, appears for a hearing at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., on Thursday. The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and leaving their corpses scattered along the Long Island coast kept a “blueprint” of his crimes on his computer, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they brought …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer faces new charge days after search of his Long Island home

The Independent

10 months ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer investigators return to Rex Heuermann’s home for another search

The Independent

10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Midtown Jane Doe’ finally identified after 50 years using DNA from 9/11 victim’s mother

The Independent

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Long Island search is not connected to suspected Gilgo Beach case – but another suspected serial killer

The Independent

1 year, 2 months ago

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

The Independent

1 year, 2 months ago

Gilgo Beach Murder Suspect Rex Heuermann Charged In Fourth Woman’s Death

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann has been charged with the murder of a fourth woman, whose remains were found on New York’s Long Island in 2010, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Pool via Getty Images A search of his Massapequa Park home and Manhattan office upon his arrest allegedly recovered two burner phones that prosecutors said were …

1 year, 2 months ago

Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged with the death of a fourth woman

Associated Press

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother of two who vanished in 2007 and whose remains were found more than three years later along a coastal highway on Long Island. Heuermann also scoured the internet …

1 year, 2 months ago

Suspect in Long Island serial killings is charged in death of a 4th woman

LA Times

An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother of two who vanished in 2007 and whose remains were found more than three years later along a coastal highway in New York. Heuermann was arrested July 14 and charged with killing Melissa …

1 year, 3 months ago

How did they catch the Gilgo Beach killer?

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s wife officially linked to crime scene DNA, report says

The Independent

1 year, 4 months ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s family to make $1m from documentary deal, says report

The Independent

1 year, 7 months ago

Gilgo Beach murders suspect must give DNA swab, judge rules

CNN

CNN — A Suffolk County judge sided with prosecutors and ruled Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann must provide a DNA sample, according to a court ruling filed Wednesday. He further wrote that “the Court finds that a comparison of the defendant’s sample with the evidence obtained,” including a hair found on a victim he is accused of killing and …

1 year, 7 months ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect named as Rex Heuermann after arrest for Long Island murders

The Independent

1 year, 7 months ago

Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

The Independent

1 year, 7 months ago

Gilgo Beach murders update: Victim Karen Vergata identified but no known link to alleged killer Rex Heuermann

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

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1 year, 7 months ago

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

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More families await answers in Gilgo Beach killings – and the names of other victims

1 year, 7 months ago

Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered

The Independent

1 year, 7 months ago

After 27 Years, Officials Identify Another Woman Found Dead Near Gilgo Beach

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Suffolk County officials announced Friday that they’d learned the identity of another victim in their investigation of 11 bodies found on or near Gilgo Beach in New York. Speaking at a press conference, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said that authorities could now identify Karen Vergata, 34, as the person whose remains were discovered on …

1 year, 7 months ago

After 27 years, authorities identify woman whose remains were found along Gilgo Beach parkway

Associated Press

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — A woman whose remains were among discoveries that became known as the Gilgo Beach killings has been identified after 27 years, authorities said Friday, disclosing the latest in a series of recent revelations about the long-cold case. Friday’s development was part of a reinvestigation that, last month, spurred the first arrest in connection with the long-unsolved string …

1 year, 7 months ago

After 27 years, authorities identify woman in string of Long Island killings

LA Times

Officials announce the identity of a victim investigators had called “Jane Doe No. 7” as Karen Vergata, pictured at left, Friday in Hauppauge, N.Y. A woman whose remains were among discoveries that became known as the Gilgo Beach killings has been identified after 27 years, authorities said Friday. Friday’s development was part of a reinvestigation that, last month, spurred the …

1 year, 7 months ago

‘A lot of evidence’ recovered as search of Gilgo Beach suspect’s home ends, DA says

CNN

CNN — The search of Rex Heuermann’s Long Island home has ended after investigators turned up “quite a lot of evidence” in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Tuesday. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney says the search of Rex Heuermann's home turned up "quite a lot of evidence." In northern South Carolina’s Chester …

1 year, 8 months ago

The Gilgo Beach killings suspect’s wife has now filed for divorce

CNN

CNN — In her more than 27 years of marriage to Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup likely did not know about the gruesome double life her husband is accused of living, Suffolk County’s top cop says. “If you ask me, I don’t believe, that they knew about this double life that Mr. Heuermann was living,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison …

1 year, 8 months ago

Gilgo Beach murder suspect may have had female accomplice, attorney for victim families says

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

Police haul more items from home of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings

Associated Press

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — Police carted more boxes of potential evidence Tuesday out of the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with killing at least three women and leaving their remains alongside a remote stretch of beach highway. It remains to be seen whether any of those items will help authorities build their case against Heuermann, …

1 year, 8 months ago

Mother of Gilgo Beach murders victim hopes suspect ‘suffers at hands of other inmates’

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

A new look at an old clue helps investigators arrest the man accused of Gilgo Beach murders

Associated Press

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — The first find was startling: a woman’s skeletal remains cast into the dunes along a remote Long Island highway. New York State police officers carry out a large item as law enforcement searches the home of Rex Heuermann, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Heuermann, a Long Island architect, was charged Friday, July 14, …

1 year, 8 months ago

Rex Heuermann Charged In Gilgo Beach Serial Killings

Huff Post

An area in Massapequa Park, Long Island, is cordoned off Friday after a suspect is arrested in the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A man suspected in the serial killings of women on Gilgo Beach on Long Island’s South Shore was charged with murder on Friday. “Ladies and gentlemen, Rex Heuermann is a demon that …

1 year, 8 months ago

Gilgo Beach's ‘long Island serial killer’ arrested: All about what happened and how was he arrested

Hindustan Times

In a significant breakthrough, after 13 years of man hunt in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, authorities have arrested a suspect responsible for the murders. Police officers stand guard near the house where a suspect has been taken into custody on New York's Long Island in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, Friday, …

1 year, 8 months ago

Long Island architect charged in 3 of the Gilgo Beach serial killings

Associated Press

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island architect was charged Friday with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after detectives pursuing a new lead say they matched DNA from a pizza he ate to genetic material found on the women’s remains. “Ladies and gentlemen, Rex …

4 years, 9 months ago

NY Gilgo Beach killings: Remains identified 20 years later

CNN

CNN — For years in the Gilgo Beach, New York multiple victim investigation, she was “Jane Doe #6.” On Thursday, New York’s Suffolk County Police Department confirmed the remains of Valerie Mack, a 24-year-old Philadelphia mother who went missing two decades ago. Mack’s partial remains were first discovered near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2000, with additional dismembered remains found …

4 years, 9 months ago

Police: Remains IDed in Long Island serial killer case

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Authorities investigating the long-running mystery of skeletal remains strewn along a suburban New York beach highway said Friday they have identified the remains of one of the women using DNA technology. The previously unidentified woman’s remains were found in two areas of Long Island, more than 40 miles and a decade apart: in 2000 in Manorville, near …

6 years, 9 months ago

Another body found in Long Island in what looks like a MS-13 murder

Daily Mail

Josue Amaya, a Roosevelt high student, went missing in 2016 A cadaver dog has located a murder victim linked to the brutal MS-13 gang – believed to be a missing teenage boy – buried in a nature reserve. A cadaver dog led officials to the burial place of the MS-13's latest alleged murder victim, whose body was found at the …

7 years, 6 months ago

Lawyer: ‘Laughable’ to say client may be tied to NY slayings

Associated Press

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A carpenter convicted of killing two prostitutes in the 1990s may be responsible for at least one of the 10 unsolved killings of people along a Long Island beach highway, a prosecutor said Tuesday. But Biancavilla said after the sentencing that remains of some victims found along Gilgo Beach “may be attributed to the handiwork of Mr. …

13 years, 1 month ago

Human remains found on Long Island, N.Y.

CNN

Story highlights NEW: The remains found Friday are thought to have been in the area for some time NEW: "I saw the top of the cranium sticking out of the brush," dog walker says About 40 miles from the site, police have previously found at least 10 sets of remains Police will not say whether the latest remains are tied …

13 years, 3 months ago

New York remains are identified as those of Shannan Gilbert

CNN

Story highlights Authorities confirm that a body discovered this week was that of Shannan Gilbert Police say the cause of her death has not yet been determined Gilbert's May 2010 disappearance led to the discovery of other bodies on Long Island New York CNN — A New York medical examiner’s office said Saturday that a body discovered this week along …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Woman declared dead appears in court by videolink from Nigeria to stop convicted fraudster from seizing her £350,000 London home

Daily Mail

A woman who was falsely declared dead has appeared in court via videolink from Nigeria to stop a convicted fraudster from seizing her £350,000 London home. The court was told Ms Ashimola had brought the case after being falsely declared dead and Power of Attorney over her estate - which consisted principally of a house - was granted to associates …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Dead Body Snagged By Fishing Boat's Nets Off Massachusetts Coast

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Officials shared new details on Monday after fishermen caught a dead body in their boat’s nets off the coast of Massachusetts. The fishermen made the alarming discovery Friday morning when they pulled up a decomposed body roughly 40 miles off the coast, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement to Boston.com. The Massachusetts State …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

New York authorities identify another Gilgo Beach murder victim. She was previously known as ‘Fire Island Jane Doe’

History of this topic

Remains of a woman killed in New York identified after over 30 years using DNA technology

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged with seventh murder

The suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings is charged in the death of a 7th woman

Suspected Gilgo Beach killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with additional murder

New York officials release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann charged in slayings of two more women

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation

Suspect In Gilgo Beach Killings Charged With Murders Of 2 More Women

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect charged in the deaths of two more women

Man charged in New York serial killings kept ‘blueprint’ of crimes on computer, prosecutors say

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer faces new charge days after search of his Long Island home

Gilgo Beach serial killer investigators return to Rex Heuermann’s home for another search

‘Midtown Jane Doe’ finally identified after 50 years using DNA from 9/11 victim’s mother

Long Island search is not connected to suspected Gilgo Beach case – but another suspected serial killer

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Gilgo Beach Murder Suspect Rex Heuermann Charged In Fourth Woman’s Death

Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged with the death of a fourth woman

Suspect in Long Island serial killings is charged in death of a 4th woman

How did they catch the Gilgo Beach killer?

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s wife officially linked to crime scene DNA, report says

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s family to make $1m from documentary deal, says report

Gilgo Beach murders suspect must give DNA swab, judge rules

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect named as Rex Heuermann after arrest for Long Island murders

Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

Gilgo Beach murders update: Victim Karen Vergata identified but no known link to alleged killer Rex Heuermann

Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

More families await answers in Gilgo Beach killings – and the names of other victims

Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered

After 27 Years, Officials Identify Another Woman Found Dead Near Gilgo Beach

After 27 years, authorities identify woman whose remains were found along Gilgo Beach parkway

After 27 years, authorities identify woman in string of Long Island killings

‘A lot of evidence’ recovered as search of Gilgo Beach suspect’s home ends, DA says

The Gilgo Beach killings suspect’s wife has now filed for divorce

Gilgo Beach murder suspect may have had female accomplice, attorney for victim families says

Police haul more items from home of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings

Mother of Gilgo Beach murders victim hopes suspect ‘suffers at hands of other inmates’

A new look at an old clue helps investigators arrest the man accused of Gilgo Beach murders

Rex Heuermann Charged In Gilgo Beach Serial Killings

Gilgo Beach's ‘long Island serial killer’ arrested: All about what happened and how was he arrested

Long Island architect charged in 3 of the Gilgo Beach serial killings

NY Gilgo Beach killings: Remains identified 20 years later

Police: Remains IDed in Long Island serial killer case

Another body found in Long Island in what looks like a MS-13 murder

Lawyer: ‘Laughable’ to say client may be tied to NY slayings

Human remains found on Long Island, N.Y.

New York remains are identified as those of Shannan Gilbert

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