The arrest of Manhattan architect Rex Heuermann for several of the Gilgo Beach murders has drawn attention back to the young women who were killed and left to rot on a remote stretch of marshland in Long Island.
Most of the victims fit a similar profile. They came from out of state, pursuing sex work that paid their rent and bills, some of them with ambitions to create new lives for themselves. They were short in stature and in their 20s. And later, their remains were found along the same beach, four wrapped in burlap.
Here’s a closer look at the women who were killed.
