New murder charge for suspected Long Island serial killer

Rex Heuermann, 59, the suspected Long Island serial killer, was indicted on January 16 on a fourth murder charge for murders in Gilgo Beach, Long Island.

The suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killings has been charged with second-degree murder in a fourth victim’s death, court records show https://t.co/GtLQcWGmgN

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Rex Heuermann is now officially charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard Barnes, a 25-year-old mother of two who disappeared in 2007 and whose remains were found along an abandoned stretch of highway on Long Island, three years after her disappearance.

This is a new chapter in the sad story of the discovery of human remains near Gilgo Beach, in an investigation that has been going on for several years, when 4 victims, nicknamed the Gilgo Four, had been associated with the same killer profile, and the latter who had still not been arrested until Heuermann’s surprise arrest last July.

Investigative work by the police, aided by the latest technological advances, helped solve this case, but it was Heuermann’s DNA found on a pizza that established his involvement, since the DNA matched hair found on the victims.

Other murder victims in the area over the years could also be linked to the suspect.

Heuermann is still being held in jail without bail.

The judge has set a new hearing date of February 6 in the case as the Gilgo Beach community and the victims’ families await justice…