New witness in Long Island serial killer trial says victim left motel crying as Rex Heuermann allegedly fled scene: Attorney
GILGO BEACH, N.Y. -- New details about the Gilgo Beach murders were revealed Wednesday afternoon.
John Ray, attorney for the victims, held a press conference at 3:15 p.m. in Miller Place.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison also attended.
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Harrison says they're interviewing four new people who could connect more cases to suspect Rex Heuermann.
Heuermann has been charged with murder in three of the Gilgo Beach murder cases and is a prime suspect in a fourth.
"When it comes to Miss Vergata and when it comes to Miss Gilbert are the ones that we are going to take a closer look at and see if they are connected to our defendant," Harrison said.
Standing with Ray, Harrison confirmed his office is interviewing four new potential witnesses who first came forward to John Ray, who has represented the family of sex worker Shannan Gilbert, who was discovered dead in 2010 near Gilgo.
A livery cab driver signed an affidavit that she picked up Gilbert, who had been hiding in a Sayville motel bathroom as the man she now recognized -- Heuermann -- allegedly fled the scene.
"Suddenly, a giant man who fits the description of Rex Heuermann comes out, and he's covering his face with his arms so he can't be seen, and he runs to a van or an SUV right nearby that's parked right there. She continues to flash her lights and beep her horn, and out comes a girl, crying, shaking, very upset, and gets in her car," Ray said.
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Another witness in another sworn testimony said she and her boyfriend were swingers and went to Heuermann's home with sex worker Karen Vergata, with Heuermann's wife taking part at times.
"She said that she would service Rex Heuermann over 20 times and that he was a serial user of a sex workers. He would sometimes have them come two at a time to his house and his wife was home, upstairs," Ray said.
She claims they left as a naked Vergata, allegedly playing swinger games with Heuermann, stayed behind.
The four who have come forward in the serial killing case had no agenda, they said.
"We have a job here as law enforcement, as Suffolk County Police Department, to make sure we investigate every single complaint or interest in this case, make sure we look under every single stone to see if there is any connection Rex Heuermann or if there is a connection to somebody else that may be involved with the bodies that were discovered on Ocean Parkway," Harrison said.
Heuermann is jailed, charged in three murders and the prime suspect in the fourth and potentially others. The couple who identified themselves as swingers said the Heuermann home was a known destination among them.
The Suffolk County district attorney responded to Wednesday's update saying in part, "Any attorneys representing victims or their families by definition have a conflict of interest and should not be part of the investigation."
Heuermann's attorney had no comment Wednesday.
