Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Suffolk County

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

The Independent UK

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

Salon

Three people in New York area die from bacterial infection linked to oysters and seawater

One person died in Suffolk County on Long Island and two other victims were from Connecticut

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

Long Island police on Friday identified the victim previously known only as Jane Doe 7

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

It’s taken 13 years but Suffolk County Police finally say they’ve caught the serial killer who dumped his victims along the shores of Gilgo Beach – thanks to a pimp’s tip about his pickup truck, a stash of burner phones, his wife’s hair and a pizza crust. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Gilgo Beach murders – latest: Rex Heuermann’s wife speaks out as serial killer’s daughter launches GoFundMe

A GoFundMe was set up by the daughter of the Long Island Happy Face Killer to help Asa Ellerup and the rest of Rex Heuermann’s family

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

The Independent UK

Long Island police dodge questions about crucial piece of evidence at Rex Heuermann home

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney says a ‘massive amount of evidence’ has been recovered from the suspect’s family home in Massapequa Park

The Independent UK

Long Island police dodge questions about crucial piece of evidence at Rex Heuermann home

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney says a ‘massive amount of evidence’ has been recovered from the suspect’s family home in Massapequa Park

The Independent UK

Sex workers reveal recordings of calls with Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon told The Independent that officials have been interviewing sex workers as they are booked into local jails about any past encounters they had with Rex Heuermann

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

He came face to face with an alleged serial killer. 12 years later, his tip helped crack the case

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

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann tells jail officials he ‘won’t be an issue to them’

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon told 1010 WINS that the alleged murderer has had no visitors in the nearly six days he’s been in jail

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

Tribune News Service

Wife of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann files for divorce

It’s Splitsville for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and his wife of more than 20 years, according to a new filing in Suffolk County matrimonial court.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

The Independent UK

Long Island police reveal how Rex Heuermann’s family reacted to his arrest for Gilgo Beach murders

‘They were disgusted. They were embarrassed,’ Suffolk County Police Commisioner told CNN about Mr Huermann’s family

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann expected to be charged with fourth murder

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said on Monday that officials are ‘confident’ that Mr Heuermann will soon be charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes – who was last seen alive in 2007

The Independent UK

Video shows dramatic moment police swept in to arrest Rex Heuermann for Gilgo Beach murders

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said that authorities decided it was time to take Rex Heuermann off the streets ‘out of concern for this defendant fleeing and the danger to the community’

Boston Herald

Teen charged in unprovoked attack against woman riding bus

A 16-year-old Revere girl was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with an unprovoked attack on a 35-year-old woman on Tuesday, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden.

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach murders – live: Acquaintance recalls how Rex Heuermann liked talking about Long Island slayings

Authorities vow to continue investigation as accused Suffolk County serial killer pleads not guilty to six counts of murder

1 2 3

People

Maureen BrainardBarnes

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Suffolk County Police

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.