Rex Heuermann is charged with killing three women who vanished in 2009 and 2010.
There’s no apparent connection between Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann and the killings of sex workers near Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 2006, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The four New Jersey victims were found dead along the Black Horse Pike roadway in Egg Harbor Township and were believed to be murdered by a serial killer, New York ABC station WABC reported.
Detectives investigating the Black Horse Pike killings have met with Long Island authorities “to compare timelines, dates, methodologies, etc.,” and concluded that “there does not seem to be a connection,” Atlantic City Prosecutor William Reynolds said in a statement.
In this handout provided by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, Rex Heuermann poses for his booking photo on July 14, 2023.
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“Authorities will continue to follow all leads until the perpetrator of those crimes is brought to justice,” Reynolds said of the New Jersey slayings, urging anyone with information to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800.
Meanwhile, Heuermann is set to appear in court on Tuesday in connection with the murders of three sex workers whose bodies were found on Long Island in 2010.
This combination of undated image provided by the Suffolk County Police Department, shows Melissa Barthelemy, top left, Amber Costello, top right, Megan Waterman, bottom left, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
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Heuermann, a New York City architect and father of two, was arrested on July 13 for the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello. The young women disappeared in 2009 and 2010.
Heuermann’s attorney has entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
Heuermann is also the prime suspect in the death of a fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007, though he has not been charged in that case.
Authorities continue to work at the home of suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, N.Y., July 24, 2023. Heuermann has been charged with killing at least three women in the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings.
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Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, filed for divorce after his arrest. She told ABC News on Monday, “[My children] have been crying themselves to sleep and I’ve been crying myself to sleep too.”
Police last week concluded their search at Heuermann’s suburban Massapequa Park, Long Island, home and investigators are now sifting through the evidence recovered there.
Rex Heuermann’s home is seen here after authorities searched his house in Massapequa Park, N.Y.
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Police also dug up Heuermann’s backyard during the search, though Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said last week that authorities had still not ruled in or ruled out whether any alleged victims were killed at the house.
Authorities continue to work at the home of suspect Rex Heuermann, bottom right, in Massapequa Park, N.Y., July 24, 2023, charged with killing at least three women in the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings.
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