Daily News | Egg Harbor Township killings not connected to Gilgo Beach murders, Atlantic County prosecutor says
, the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office said Tuesday.
The women’s bodies were found shoeless, positioned face-down with their heads pointing east toward Atlantic City. The bodies had been in the water for varying amounts of time ranging from one week to a month,Two of the bodies were so badly decomposed that authorities were not able to determine a cause of death. Another two were determined to have been strangled, autopsy reports indicated. Three of the women had drugs in their systems.
That speculation resurfaced following the arrest of Heuermann last month. Heurmann, 59, is charged in the killings of sex workers Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman, and Melissa Barthelemy. Their bodies were later discovered in an area of Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011 alongside a number of other partial remains.
Heuermann is also suspected in the death of a fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who initially went missing in 2007. Her body was later found within a quarter-mile of the remains of Barthelemy, Waterman, and Costello, and together, the women are known as the Gilgo Four.
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