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 …
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In the Gilgo Beach murder case, Rex Heuermann, a New York City architect, was arrested on Thursday night after his own wife's hair and a discarded pizza box connected him to the heinous crimes. According to a bail application filed by authorities, DNA evidence from a pizza box led to Heuermann's arrest. The application stated that Heuermann has been charged …
CNN — After the remains of four women were found near a beach in Long Island, New York, more than a decade ago, investigators say DNA evidence and cellphone data now point to a murder suspect – a local architect whose internet history showed him often searching the status of the case and details about the victims. Cell phone and …
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, …
