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Accused Gilgo Beach killer's estranged wife defends him in new statement
The wife of an architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings released a statement late Wednesday in her husband’s defense, saying she didn’t believe him capable of the brutality of which he is accused. The statement, released on Asa Ellerup’s behalf by her lawyers, is her first statement in months since her husband’s arrest...
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Gilgo Beach killings suspect charged with 4th death
An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother of two who vanished in 2007 and whose remains were found more than three years later along a coastal highway in New York. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.
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Gilgo Beach killings: A timeline of the investigation
Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway, not far from the sands of Long Island’s remote Gilgo Beach. Police almost immediately feared some were left by a serial killer. Over the years, investigators used DNA analysis and other clues to identify the victims. In…
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Architect suspected in Gilgo Beach murders is charged with the death of a fourth woman
An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother of two who vanished in 2007 and whose remains were found more than three years later along a coastal highway in New York. Rex Heuermann was formally charged Tuesday in the killing of...
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Alleged Gilgo Beach killer reportedly back in court this week for fourth murder charge
DNA played a key role in Heuermann’s arrest. Prosecutors have said hair found at the crime scene matches DNA from a pizza box the suspect threw into a trash can in Manhattan.
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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer appears in court for pre-trial hearing
The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer was in court Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing — that his estranged wife also attended. Before the hearing, for a brief moment Asa Ellerup, suspect’s Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife, sat quietly in a car outside the Suffolk County Courthouse before navigating through a throng of cameras to go inside. She watched from the...
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Rex Heuermann due in a Long Island court
The man suspected of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer was in court for a pre-trial hearing.
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Gilgo Beach murder suspect appears in court, says he spends hours each day reviewing evidence
Rex Heuermann, accused Gilgo Beach serial killer, appeared in court on Long Island today. Greg Cergol reporting.
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Prosecutors say cheek swab from Gilgo Beach murder suspect adds to evidence of guilt
The DNA from the pizza crust had previously been linked to Heuermann’s estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, not to him directly.
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Wife of accused Gilgo Beach killer battling cancer; could sue investigators who searched home
Attorneys for his wife say authorities left the family home “in shambles” while seeking evidence in the case.
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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer ordered to turn over DNA in cheek swab next week
DNA played a key role in Heuermann’s arrest. Prosecutors have said hair found at the crime scene matches DNA from a pizza box the suspect threw into a trash can in Manhattan.
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27 years after remains discovered, ‘Fire Island Jane Doe' identified as Karen Vergata
Investigators announced Friday that after nearly three decades, the victim known as ‘Fire Island Jane Doe’ was identified as 34-year-old Karen Vergata, a presumed sex worker who went missing on Feb. 14, 1996.
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Gilgo Beach investigators identify body of slain woman from Manhattan
Investigators say a seventh Jane Doe in the Gilgo Beach murders case has been identified as another sex worker from Manhattan.
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Gilgo Beach case: Long Island police identify ‘Fire Island Jane Doe' as Karen Vergata
The victim, previously known as “Jane Doe #7” or “Fire Island Jane Doe,” was identified as Karen Vergata, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said at a press conference Friday morning.
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Long Island police expected to identify another victim in Gilgo Beach killings: Source
DNA played a key role in Heuermann’s arrest. Prosecutors have said hair found at the crime scene matches DNA from a pizza box the suspect threw into a trash can in Manhattan.
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Gilgo Beach and Atlantic City sex worker killings are unrelated, officials say
A New Jersey prosecutor says the murders of several sex workers on Long Island do not appear to be related to the unsolved killings of four sex workers near Atlantic City in 2006.
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Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer appears in court
Rex Heuermann is charged with killing three sex workers and is the prime suspect in the killing of a fourth. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports.
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Prosecutors in Gilgo Beach killings are giving Rex Heuermann's defense a vast trove of evidence
Weeks after charging Long Island architect Rex Heuermann in a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders, prosecutors say they’ve begun providing his lawyer with reams of evidence. That includes autopsy findings, DNA reports and crime scene photos. Suffolk County prosecutors spoke during a brief court hearing Tuesday. District Attorney Ray Tierney said that’s a fraction of the...
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Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach killings asks for ‘normalcy' in wake of ‘indescribable catastrophe'
The family of a Manhattan architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings is “enduring a profound and indescribable catastrophe,” an attorney for his estranged wife said as she begged for privacy and “normalcy.”
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In unusual move, Long Island district attorney to lead Gilgo Beach prosecution
The case against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will be prosecuted by Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, his office confirmed. The announcement that Tierney would be the lead prosecutor in the Long Island murder case came as a surprise — it’s reportedly the first time the district attorney has prosecuted a case himself since taking the position…