Suffolk County authorities announce charges against Gilgo Beach suspect
Investigators detail the years-long investigation that led them to the arrest of Rex Heuermann, an architect from Massapequa Park, New York, as the suspect in the Long Island serial killer case.
Las Vegas authorities are reviewing their unsolved cases to see if suspected serial murderer Rex Heuermann is connected to them in any way after his arrest last week for at least three bodies found in the marsh behind Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York.
Heuermann owns a timeshare in Las Vegas, a few miles west of the Las Vegas Strip, according to property records. The home was purchased for $16,955 with a sale date of April 23, 2005.
"We are aware of Rex Heuermann’s connection to Las Vegas," the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told Fox News Digital. "We are currently reviewing our unsolved cases to see if he has any involvement."
The department did not specify which cases were being reviewed.
Rex Heuermann, who owns a Las Vegas timeshare, was charged with murder in New York on Friday. Las Vegas police are looking to see if he is involved in any of their unsolved cases. (Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Authorities in New York said Heuermann killed three young women, tied them up and dumped their bodies along a desolate highway 45 miles east of Manhattan.
On Friday, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced a half-dozen charges against Heuermann, first- and second-degree murder each for three of the Gilgo victims – Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Costello, 27.
New York State Police, Nassau and Suffolk County police search suspected killer Rex Heuermann's home on Friday, removing evidence in bags. Heuermann has been charged with murder in connection to the deaths of the "Gilgo Four." (Fox News)
He also remains a prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, and investigators have recovered another seven bodies in the surrounding area. The murders remained unsolved more than a decade after the search for missing escort Shannan Gilbert, 24, first led police to the bodies of sex workers and other victims east of New York City.
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Rex Heuermann, 59, is suspected of at least three murders after New York authorities found 11 sets of human remains strewn along a suburban Long Island beach highway between 2010 and 2011. (Jeffrey Simon Architecture & Design)
After a series of harrowing 911 calls from Gilbert, search teams found the first four victims, dubbed the "Gilgo Four." They were Costello, Brainard-Barnes, Waterman and Barthelemy.
Fox News' Mike Ruiz contributed to this report.
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