1 year, 5 months ago

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

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Investigators are seen searching the shores of Gilgo Beach in 2011 Decades later, investigators were finally able to identify Fire Island Jane Doe using genetic geneaology and her surviving relatives’ DNA. until the results of that investigation became public and we had made notice to Vergata’s family.” He added: “Today we are here to announce that as part of the Gilgo taskforce’s reexamination of all evidence in the case we are able to identify Fire Island Jane Doe as Karen Vergata.” “It is important that we remember and honour not only Ms Vergata but all the vicitms on Gilgo Beach,” he added. In Friday’s press conference announcing her identity, Suffolk County officials refused to take any questions and would not comment on whether or not Vergata’s murder could be the linked to Mr Heuermann – who has so far been tied to four of the victims found along the Long Island shores. open image in gallery Map showing sites where victims’ remains found along Gilgo Beach DA Tierney said that while there are “no charges at this time”, that the “confidential investigation” is ongoing.

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged in 7th woman's murder

India Today

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. “No one understands that more than the families.” Man charged in Long Island slayings Rex Heuermann, an architect who has lived for years in Massapequa Park on Long Island, …

2 weeks, 5 days 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

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2 weeks, 6 days 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 …

2 weeks, 6 days 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 …

5 months ago

Estranged wife of Gilgo Beach suspect appears in court with service dog

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

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

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation

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6 months, 4 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 …

7 months 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 …

7 months 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, …

7 months ago

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

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7 months, 1 week ago

Revealed: How 6-day search of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s family home zeroed in on basement

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Estranged wife gives Gilgo Beach slaying suspect 'the benefit of the doubt,' visits him in jail

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

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11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the case and investigation

CNN

CNN — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for a possible serial killer. Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn …

1 year ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer documentary sparks push for crackdown on Son of Sam law

The Independent

1 year ago

How did they catch the Gilgo Beach killer?

The Independent

1 year, 1 month ago

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

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1 year, 1 month ago

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

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1 year, 1 month ago

What happened to Gilgo Beach victims and has the serial killer been caught?

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1 year, 2 months ago

Rex Heuermann investigated for two other Gilgo Beach murders

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1 year, 4 months ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed

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1 year, 4 months ago

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

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1 year, 4 months ago

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

The Independent

1 year, 5 months ago

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

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1 year, 5 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, 5 months ago

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

The Independent

1 year, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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 …

1 year, 5 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, 5 months ago

How journalists and a Netflix film kept the focus on the Gilgo Beach victims over a decade of dead ends

CNN

Watch The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: The Gilgo Beach Killer Sunday at 8 p.m. “Significantly, Defendant Heuermann also searched for and viewed articles concerning the very Task Force that was investigating him.” ‘Barely a peep from the police’ Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello and Megan Waterman. “It’s simply a stunning development,” Robert Kolker, the author of the …

1 year, 5 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, 5 months ago

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

The Independent

1 year, 5 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, 5 months ago

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann had one chilling question for officials after his arrest

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1 year, 5 months ago

Gilgo Beach Serial Killings And Rex Heuermann: What We Know

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Friday’s announcement that police had made an arrest in the infamous Long Island serial killings was shocking not just because of the incredible development in a cold case but also because the suspect — like those at the center of so many recent high-profile cases — lived an unassuming life near his victims, had no known history …

1 year, 5 months ago

‘They were disgusted. They were embarrassed’: Police commissioner tells CNN about Gilgo Beach suspect’s family

CNN

CNN — Family members of the Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect were shocked, disgusted and embarrassed when they learned about the crimes he is accused of committing, police say. “It’s a very good thing that we got this animal off the streets,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” Monday night. “So, if you ask …

1 year, 5 months ago

Police hold press conference after suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach murders

The Independent

1 year, 5 months ago

'There's somebody after me': How Netflix's ‘Lost Girls’ immortalised woman whose murder led to Gilgo Beach bodies

Hindustan Times

A murdered woman’s mother’s quest for justice led to multiple bodies being found on Gilgo Beach. Shannan Gilbert's story became the basis of Netflix’s ‘Lost Girls’ Rex appeared in court on Friday, July 14, pleading not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and other charges. Shannan Gilbert's story became thebasis of Netflix’s ‘Lost Girls’ However, what led police to …

1 year, 5 months ago

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

The Independent

1 year, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 months ago

Architect Identified As Suspect In Long Island Serial Killings, AP Source Says

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY — A man arrested in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings on Long Island known as the Gilgo Beach murders has been identified as an architect who has been living for decades across a bay from where the remains of 11 people were found. In a text message, a sister of one victim …

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

History of this topic

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged in 7th woman's murder

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

Estranged wife of Gilgo Beach suspect appears in court with service dog

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

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

Revealed: How 6-day search of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s family home zeroed in on basement

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

Estranged wife gives Gilgo Beach slaying suspect 'the benefit of the doubt,' visits him in jail

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

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

Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the case and investigation

Gilgo Beach serial killer documentary sparks push for crackdown on Son of Sam law

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

What happened to Gilgo Beach victims and has the serial killer been caught?

Rex Heuermann investigated for two other Gilgo Beach murders

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed

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

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

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

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

How journalists and a Netflix film kept the focus on the Gilgo Beach victims over a decade of dead ends

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

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann had one chilling question for officials after his arrest

Gilgo Beach Serial Killings And Rex Heuermann: What We Know

‘They were disgusted. They were embarrassed’: Police commissioner tells CNN about Gilgo Beach suspect’s family

Police hold press conference after suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach murders

'There's somebody after me': How Netflix's ‘Lost Girls’ immortalised woman whose murder led to Gilgo Beach bodies

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

Architect Identified As Suspect In Long Island Serial Killings, AP Source Says

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