Rex Heuermann, already facing multiple murder charges in the Long Island serial killings, has been indicted for the death of Valerie Mack. Prosecutors say DNA evidence linked Heuermann to Mack's remains.
Rex Heuermann , the architect from NYC, has been charged with another murder, bringing the body count against him thus far to seven, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday. Heuermann is accused of murdering Valerie Mack , an escort who vanished in 2000 and in whose death he had been considered a suspect, the district attorney said.
Prosecutors say DNA evidence secured the forensic link, that analysis of a hair found with Mack’s remains, has been linked to Heuermann’s wife and daughter. Mack, 24, had been working as an escort in Philadelphia and was last seen by her family in New Jersey the year she disappeared. According to prosecutors, Heuermann’s recovered from a personal computer during a search over the summer, references the dumping site where parts of Mack's body were found. That document was created in 2000, the year Mack went missing and was killed, according to prosecutors' bail application. They also allege Heuermann mutilated Mack's right leg, the same leg that bore a tattoo with her son's name, to thwart efforts to identify her. In addition, prosecutors say their searches of Heuermann’s home yielded varied magazine and news accounts of the Long Island serial killer, allegedly serving as “souvenirs or mementos” of his alleged crimes, whose remains were first discovered in 1996 and finally identified in 2022 after a new DNA analysis. There was no immediate update Tuesday on her cas
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