The Latest Breaking News from Gilgo Beach

Ex-New York police chief who once led Gilgo Beach probe arrested on sexual misconduct charges

A former Long Island police chief who served federal prison time for beating a suspect has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex and exposing himself at a public park

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023

Wife of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect may sue police for leaving her home ‘in shambles’, lawyer says

Asa Ellerup is also battling cancer and trying to raise money for treatment

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023

Rex Heuermann’s ‘disturbing’ online behaviour days before Gilgo Beach arrest revealed

With no arrests made in connection to the deaths of seven victims, Commissioner Harrison said that he cannot rule out the possibility that there is still another serial killer on the loose

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

A petition filed in court in 2017 reveals the 34-year-old woman called her father Dominic Vergata on his birthday on 14 February 1996

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023

Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

Long Island police on Friday identified the victim previously known only as Jane Doe 7

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New York’s Gilgo Beach

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Gilgo Beach murders - update: Police identify victim Karen Vergata but won’t comment on Rex Heuermann link

Updates on the Gilgo Beach serial killer case after Long Island police give press conference revealing identity of Fire Island Jane Doe following Rex Heuermann’s arrest

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Long-time Jane Doe in Gilgo Beach serial killings is identified

Karen Vergata was one of four people who were left unidentified for years after their remains were found. The development comes three weeks after a suspect in a string of killings was arrested.

WEKU · Aug 4, 2023

More families await answers in Gilgo Beach killings – and the names of other victims

New York architect Rex Heuermann has been charged with three murders and is the prime suspect in a fourth in connection with the infamous Long Island serial killing. But, one week after his first court appearance, the families are still awaiting justice, and four more victims have yet to even…

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

More than a decade after 11 bodies were found dumped in Long Beach, married father of two and Manhattan-based architect Rex Heuermann is under arrest. Does this mean the hunt for the Gilgo Beach serial killer is finally over? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023