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Gilgo Beach murders: What happened to the victims and has the serial killer been caught?

More than a decade after 11 bodies were found dumped in Long Beach, Manhattan-based architect Rex Heuermann was arrested for the murders of three of the women. What happened to the victims who were murdered and how did police find the man they believe to be responsible? Rachel Sharp reports

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Rex Heuermann’s wife appears at Gilgo Beach serial killer court hearing for first time

Court appearance comes amid reports that the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer has signed over full ownership of the Massapequa Park home to wife Asa Ellerup – and that she is working with a streaming service

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Who is Rex Heuermann?

The Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect appeared to be just like any normal guy: a Manhattan architect living with his wife and two adult children in their family house in Massapequa Park. So who really is Rex Heuermann? Rachel Sharp reports

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Inside the hunt for the Gilgo Beach serial killer

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Rex Heuermann investigated for two other Gilgo Beach murders

It took years for the remains of Karen Vergata and Valerie Mack to be identified and – as of yet – Rex Heuermann has not been charged with their murders

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect had stash of over 40 illegal guns

Rex Heuermann is fighting to have his guns returned to his family following his arrest in the infamous Long Island serial killer case

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New DNA evidence ties Rex Heuermann to discarded pizza crust – and Gilgo Beach victim

Sporting a new shorter haircut, the suspected killer looked on as prosecutors unveiled further damning evidence linking him to the murders since his arrest in July

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Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

A Manhattan architect and father-of-two has been arrested in connection to one of the most infamous unsolved serial killer cases along the East Coast. So who really is Rex Heuermann? Rachel Sharp reports

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How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

More than a decade after 11 bodies were found dumped in Long Beach, married father of two and Manhattan-based architect Rex Heuermann is under arrest. Does this mean the hunt for the Gilgo Beach serial killer is finally over? Rachel Sharp reports

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Scandal-plagued former Gilgo Beach police chief arrested for soliciting sex from undercover officer in park

Ex-police chief is accused of exposing himself to a Suffolk County park ranger

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11 dead bodies, no answers—then a break

Journalist Deborah Norville shares how the cold case led to an arrest and the film inspired by one victim's mother

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Wife of suspect in Long Island serial killings living 'nightmare,' battling cancer, her lawyer says

The wife of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York's Long Island is living a “surreal nightmare.”

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Rex Heuermann’s children are living in ‘waking horror show’ following his Gilgo Beach murders arrest

Victoria Heuermann and Christopher Sheridan have found themselves thrust into the ‘developing legal case of the century’ after shock arrest of architect father

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Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

A petition filed in court in 2017 reveals the 34-year-old woman called her father Dominic Vergata on his birthday on 14 February 1996

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Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

A petition filed in court in 2017 reveals the 34-year-old woman called her father Dominic Vergata on his birthday on 14 February 1996

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A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New York’s Gilgo Beach

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More families await answers in Gilgo Beach killings – and the names of other victims

New York architect Rex Heuermann has been charged with three murders and is the prime suspect in a fourth in connection with the infamous Long Island serial killing. But, one week after his first court appearance, the families are still awaiting justice, and four more victims have yet to even…

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How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

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Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

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Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered

Police refused to comment on whether the disappearance and murder of the woman previously known as Fire Island Jane Doe may be linked to serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann.

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Long Island police expected to identify another Gilgo Beach murders victim as they announce ‘update’ in case

A senior law enforcement source said investigators have been able to identity another Jane Doe

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed

Asa Ellerup filed for divorce just days after the architect’s bombshell arrest for the murders of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello

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Daughter of Happy Face Killer launches GoFundMe for Gilgo Beach murders suspect’s wife

Melissa Moore is the daughter of Keith Hunter Jesperson, the serial killer who terrorised the US in the early 1990s

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Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

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How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

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