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Gilgo Beach murder suspect investigated in 1989 death
The family of Carmen Vargas claims her gruesome death bore "too many similarities" to the Gilgo four slayings that Rex Heuermann is accused of committing.
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The family of Carmen Vargas claims her gruesome death bore "too many similarities" to the Gilgo four slayings that Rex Heuermann is accused of committing.
Two women held in Suffolk County jail say they had encounters with the Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann, describing the meetings with him as "violent" and "aggressive," sheriff's department spokesperson Vicki DiStefano said Thursday.
The Gilgo Beach murder suspect, Rex Heuermann, is off suicide watch, according to the Suffolk County sheriff.
The adult children of a man charged with murder in New York's Gilgo Beach killings are "absolutely innocent bystanders," the attorney representing the children said.
A Suffolk County judge sided with prosecutors and ruled Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann must provide a DNA sample, according to a court ruling filed Wednesday.
Mari Gilbert, in the final years of her life, pressured police to take her daughter's disappearance seriously. She fought tirelessly to ensure that Shannan and the other victims would not be forgotten.
Police believe Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer is not connected to the unsolved deaths of four sex workers in Atlantic City back in 2006.
Police found "approximately 279 weapons" in the "cluttered" residence, official said.
For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers to commit the atrocities they do.
Probes into Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann now reach across the country where the suspect has owned property.
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They are comparing the suspect's home to the "Amityville horror" house two miles away.
The arrest of Rex Heuermann in connection to the Gilgo Beach murders is "mind-boggling," the actor said.
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