Long Island Architect Charged With Three Gilgo Beach Murders (1)

July 14, 2023, 10:04 PM UTC

A Long Island architect was arrested and charged with the murders of three women more than a decade after the bodies were discovered on a South Shore beach.

Rex Heuermann was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, according to a court filing by the Suffolk County District Attorney on Friday. Heuermann, 59, is the “prime suspect” in the killing of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes.

“Rex Heuermann is a demon that walks among us, a predator that ruined families,” Suffolk County Police ...

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