Witnesses described the vehicle as being involved in Costello's killing. In court documents, authorities said the recently reexamined investigation led them to take a closer look at a Chevrolet Avalanche that was registered to Heuermann at the time of the murders. Heuermann is also a prime suspect in the murder of Brainard-Barnes.
All were sex workers, all petite and all found bound in burlap bags. "One of things that we was that we followed him, because we wanted to get an abandonment sample of his DNA, which we were able to do," Tierney said.Ĭourt documents released Friday show Heuermann has been charged related to the "Gilgo Beach Four," after the bodies of Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Waterman, and Costello were found in close proximity to one another in 2010. The final connection: Pizza crust tossed in a Manhattan trash can offered a DNA match that officials said excluded more than 99% of the population. His DNA allegedly matched hairs found on duct tape used to bind them. Rex Heuermann is accused of killing Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello.Ĭell phone tower pings connected him to victims while his wife and children were out of town. Prosecutors said Heuermann used burner phones to meet up with his victims, and later to taunt their relatives. More than a decade in the making, there has been an arrest in a serial killer case that baffled law enforcement, and the public, for 12 years.
A quiet neighborhood turned into a crime scene Friday morning when police first descended on the area. Rex Heuermann accused in 3 Gilgo Beach murders 05:02
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