An architect from Long Island, N.Y., has been charged with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders.
Rex Heuermann, 59, has lived for decades across a bay from where the remains were found. He is charged with first- and second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of three victims: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello. Authorities say he is also the “prime suspect” in another killing.
Heuermann was taken into custody in Massapequa, N.Y., late Thursday, near where investigators were seen searching his home Friday. He is expected to
