Suffolk County sheriff provides update on Gilgo Beach murders investigation
The Suffolk County sheriff on Wednesday shared details on how Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann is spending his time in prison. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/477eB3h
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The Suffolk County sheriff on Wednesday shared details on how Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann is spending his time in prison. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/477eB3h
Police found "approximately 279 weapons" in the "cluttered" residence, official said.
The Suffolk County district attorney announced Tuesday the search of the Gilgo Beach murder suspect's home was complete. Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested earlier this month and charged with three murders. He has pleaded not guilty. Authorities say they're looking at possible connections to unsolved cases across multiple states. Errol Barnett has the latest.
The Suffolk Police commissioner confirmed the existence of a walk-in basement vault with a large iron door.
For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers to commit the atrocities they do.
Roommate of Amber Costello described suspect Rex Heuermann's frame, Chevy Avalanche to detectives early on.
Investigators were seen Sunday digging in the backyard of the suspect's home and collecting evidence. CBS New York's Naveen Dhaliwal has the latest from Massapequa Park.
As police comb through the home of a man charged in a string of serial killings in New York, one witness is frustrated it took so long to solve the crime.
Nikkie Brass says Heuermann asked her if she liked true crime, then asked if she knew about the Gilgo Beach murders.
The search continues in Massapequa Park for evidence at the home of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, and now, a former escort is detailing what she claims was a date she had with him that caused her to flee a restaurant. CBS New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, is being investigated in Atlantic City's "Eastbound Strangler" cold case.
Police confirmed Thursday they are looking at possible links to unsolved murders around the nation.
Nicole Brass told CBS New York that she went on a date with Rex Heuermann, and he was "excited" to talk about the Gilgo Beach murders.
Rex Heuermann may have killed at least one young woman at the Long Island house he shares with his wife and two adult children, sources told CBS News.
The investigation of the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island, New York, has now spread to three other states. Investigators are trying to see if the suspected serial killer, Rex Heuermann, is connected to other unsolved killings in New Jersey, South Carolina and Nevada. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano reports.
Probes into Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann now reach across the country where the suspect has owned property.
Investigators continue to confiscate evidence from Rex Heuermann's home, and at two storage rental units nearby.
Investigators remained at Rex Heuermann's home on Long Island on Monday, as people came by bicycle, car, and foot to catch a glimpse of police working on the sensational case. Law enforcement confiscated an arsenal of nearly 300 guns, framed pictures, even a child-like doll from Heuermann's disheveled Massapequa Park home.
They are comparing the suspect's home to the "Amityville horror" house two miles away.
A Long Island man is charged with three murders and is the prime suspect in a fourth, and more killings remain under investigation.
Heuermann grew up on Long Island and attended Berner High School, but he worked in Midtown as an architect.
Investigators re-examined old clues that led to the suspect and developed new evidence to close in on him after so many years, say prosecutors.
The arrest of Rex Heuermann in connection to the Gilgo Beach murders is "mind-boggling," the actor said.
The suspect, identified as Rex Heuermann, of Massapequa, Long Island, is charged with multiple counts of murder.
A surveillance team recovered a pizza box Heuermann threw into a garbage can on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, prosecutors say.
