The Latest Breaking News from Long Island

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

Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered

Police refused to comment on whether the disappearance and murder of the woman previously known as Fire Island Jane Doe may be linked to serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Long Island police expected to identify another Gilgo Beach murders victim as they announce ‘update’ in case

A senior law enforcement source said investigators have been able to identity another Jane Doe

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed

Asa Ellerup filed for divorce just days after the architect’s bombshell arrest for the murders of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023

Long Island and Atlantic City sex worker killings are unrelated, officials say

A New Jersey prosecutor says the murders of several sex workers on Long Island do not appear to be related to the unsolved killings of four sex workers near Atlantic City in 2006

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Rex Heuermann, the architect accused of killing three women in Gilgo Beach, is due back in court

The architect accused of murdering at least three women and leaving their bodies along a remote stretch of coastline near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach is due back in court

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

A Manhattan architect and father-of-two has been arrested in connection to one of the most infamous unsolved serial killer cases along the East Coast. So who really is Rex Heuermann? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

It’s taken 13 years but Suffolk County Police finally say they’ve caught the serial killer who dumped his victims along the shores of Gilgo Beach – thanks to a pimp’s tip about his pickup truck, a stash of burner phones, his wife’s hair and a pizza crust. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023