UPDATE | It’s unclear what led to a break in the case after 13 years but the New York Post reported that Rex Heuermann was arrested after being matched via DNA.
reported that Heuermann is specifically being looked at in connection with the so-called “Gilgo Four,” the first bodies found by authorities in the area, and not the other six who were later suspected of being connected. The four women—Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Megan Waterman, 22, Amber Lynn Costello, 27, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25—were all discovered within days of each other in late 2010.
The first to be found was Barthelemy, an escort who had disappeared from the Bronx in 2009. Her body—like those of the three—was found wrapped in burlap. After the first discoveries, the Long Island Serial Killer investigation began.The discoveries were made as authorities were already searching for Shannan Gilbert, 24, a Craigslist escort who had also gone missing. Last year, police released a previously confidential recording of a 911 call Gilbert made in the early hours of May 1, 2010.
Joseph Giacalone, a former NYPD cold case detective who teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and has been following the case closely, said Suffolk County law enforcement got a “complete makeover” about a year ago.
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