
A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings
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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged in 7th woman's murder
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Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation
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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged with seventh murder
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The suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings is charged in the death of a 7th woman
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Suspected Gilgo Beach killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with additional murder
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New York officials release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim
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Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation
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Suspect In Gilgo Beach Killings Charged With Murders Of 2 More Women
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A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings
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Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect charged in the deaths of two more women
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Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect returning to court after a renewed search of his home
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Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer faces new charge days after search of his Long Island home
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Search of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect's home on Long Island enters its 5th day
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Police search Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect’s home on Long Island for 5th straight day
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Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
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Gilgo Beach serial killer investigators return to Rex Heuermann’s home for another search
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Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
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Long Island search is not connected to suspected Gilgo Beach case – but another suspected serial killer
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Authorities investigating Gilgo Beach killings search wooded area on Long Island, AP source says
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Authorities investigating Gilgo Beach killings search wooded area on Long Island, AP source says
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Gilgo Beach Murder Suspect Rex Heuermann Charged In Fourth Woman’s Death
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Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the case and investigation
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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s wife officially linked to crime scene DNA, report says
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Rex Heuermann investigated for two other Gilgo Beach murders
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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed
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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect named as Rex Heuermann after arrest for Long Island murders
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Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed
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Gilgo Beach murders update: Victim Karen Vergata identified but no known link to alleged killer Rex Heuermann
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Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’
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A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings
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Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered
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After 27 Years, Officials Identify Another Woman Found Dead Near Gilgo Beach
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After 27 years, authorities identify woman whose remains were found along Gilgo Beach parkway
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New York authorities identify another Gilgo Beach murder victim. She was previously known as ‘Fire Island Jane Doe’
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After 27 years, authorities identify woman in string of Long Island killings
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‘A lot of evidence’ recovered as search of Gilgo Beach suspect’s home ends, DA says
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How journalists and a Netflix film kept the focus on the Gilgo Beach victims over a decade of dead ends
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The Gilgo Beach killings suspect’s wife has now filed for divorce
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Gilgo Beach murder suspect may have had female accomplice, attorney for victim families says
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Police haul more items from home of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings
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Gilgo Beach Serial Killings And Rex Heuermann: What We Know
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‘They were disgusted. They were embarrassed’: Police commissioner tells CNN about Gilgo Beach suspect’s family
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Police hold press conference after suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach murders
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Gilgo Beach murders: Years in the making, evidence leads investigators to Rex Heuermann
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Mother of Gilgo Beach murders victim hopes suspect ‘suffers at hands of other inmates’
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A new look at an old clue helps investigators arrest the man accused of Gilgo Beach murders
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Gilgo Beach Killings - Psychiatrist reveals Long Island Serial Killer 'needed' to ‘control women’
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Rex Heuermann Charged In Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
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