
Gilgo Beach Killings Suspect Due in Court as Prosecutors Tout ‘Significant Development’ in Case
Prosecutors plan to announce a “significant development” Thursday in the case of a New York architect accused of killing four women and leaving their corpses scattered in the scrub along a coastal highway. Rex Heuermann, 60, will appear before a judge days after police finished new, extensive searches of his Massapequa Park home and a wooded area on Long Island tied to the investigation of a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney hasn’t said what development he plans to announce or discuss the purpose of Thursday’s court hearing. Since late 2010, police have been investigating the deaths of at least 10 people—mostly female sex workers—whose remains were discovered along an isolated highway not far from Gilgo Beach on Long Island’s south shore....
