In 2010, 24-year-old sex worker Shannan Gilbert of New Jersey was reported missing after she had traveled to Long Island’s Oak Beach, a gated community near Gilgo Beach, for an escort job. ‘Average guy… quiet, family man.’ Mind-boggling… Massapequa is in shock.”Īmy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, ‘Lost Girls’ 2020 Michele K. “Woke up this morning to learn that the Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect was my high school classmate Rex Heuermann,” Baldwin writes, adding, “Married, two kids, architect. The New York Times reports that Heuermann has lived most of his life in Nassau County – the location of Massapequa Park.Īctor Billy Baldwin provided a bit of background on the suspect, tweeting today that the two were classmates at Berner High School, Class of 1981. Heuermann, an architect, of Massapequa Park was taken into custody near his Midtown Manhattan office last night and was arraigned today. A large police presence had gathered at the suspect’s home in Long Island’s Massapequa Park last night and remained on site today. Police sources confirmed to local media last night that the Suffolk County Police Department had the suspect in custody. The suspect in the so-called Long Island Serial Killer case – a series of murders near Gilgo Beach on New York’s Long Island South Shore depicted in the 2020 Netflix film Lost Girls – was arrested last night in Manhattan more than 10 years after the first body was found. (In all, the remains of nine women were eventually discovered in the Gilgo Beach area, as well as the bodies of a man and a toddler, though only four have, so far, been allegedly connected to the suspect or related to the case). In court filings by the Suffolk County D.A., Heuermann is referenced as the prime suspect in the disappearance and death of the fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was remanded without bail. Today’s charges are connected to the deaths of three women – Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Megan Waterman – of the so-called “Gilgo Four,” women whose bodies were discovered along the Ocean Parkway in 2010. Tierney said the case is ongoing and additional charges are expected. Heuermann, the suspect in at least some of the “ Lost Girls” murders, was indicted by a grand jury this morning on six counts of murder, according to information from the Suffolk County District Attorney. said evidence also existed show that Heuermann phoned survivors of the victims to taunt them. Tierney also noted that the disappearances of the women occurred when Heuermann’s wife and children were out of town on vacation. The victims were sex workers who disappeared between July 2007 and September 2010 their bodies were found in the Gilgo Beach area in December 2010.Įach of the victims were bound by camouflage burlap of the type used in the building of duck blinds used for hunting.
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