New York City: Police may have captured a repeat serial killer on the beach

A suspected serial killer was charged Friday with six murders in connection with the deaths of several women on Long Island in recent years.

Rex Heuermann, a New York architect, was arrested Thursday evening in connection with this series of murders which has held the region in suspense since 2010.

The story has sparked conflicting theories as to whether a serial killer was responsible for the murders, which have baffled authorities since the first set of female human remains were found in the bushes of a riverside property. water.

Suffolk County officials have been in limbo for years. In 2020, they found a belt with initials that may have been manipulated by the suspect.

They launched a website to collect new leads in the investigation.

Police said some of the identified victims had advertised prostitution services on sites, such as Craigslist.

In May 2020, the Suffolk County Police Department confirmed the remains of Valerie Mack, who had been missing for two decades.

The Philadelphia mother’s partial remains were first discovered near Gilgo Beach with further dismembered remains found in 2011 along the Ocean Parkway.

The Gilgo Beach murders led to a search for a possible serial killer who had never been traced.