Suspect in Gilgo Beach killings to be charged with fourth count of murder
Rex Heuermann, the man who has been charged with the murder of three sex workers on Long Island's Gilgo Beach, is expected to be charged with a fourth murder.
Rex Heuermann, the man who has been charged with the murders of three sex workers on Gilgo Beach, New York, is expected to be charged with a fourth murder, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney will announce the new charges Tuesday after they are unsealed at the Suffolk County Courthouse in Riverhead on Long Island.
Authorities have said that Heuermann, 60, is the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes but that they did not have enough evidence to charge him in that case at the time of the other charges.
A lawyer for Heuermann did not immediately respond Sunday night to an emailed request for comment on the new charges.
Heuermann was arrested in July as detectives surrounded him outside his Manhattan architecture office. He was charged with the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, all found in high weeds near Gilgo Beach, on the south shore of Long Island.
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