{"id":90891,"date":"2024-01-17T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/gilgo-beach-killings-rex-heuermann-charged-with-fourth-murder-as-police-claim-dna-from-daughters-can-made-link-us-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T01:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T01:59:00","slug":"gilgo-beach-killings-rex-heuermann-charged-with-fourth-murder-as-police-claim-dna-from-daughters-can-made-link-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/gilgo-beach-killings-rex-heuermann-charged-with-fourth-murder-as-police-claim-dna-from-daughters-can-made-link-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgo Beach killings: Rex Heuermann charged with fourth murder – as police claim DNA from daughter’s can made link | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A New York architect has been charged with the murder of a fourth woman, as police revealed how DNA evidence from his daughter’s drink can helped to make a link.<\/p>\n

Rex Heuermann, 59, was formally charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, having already been accused of killing three other women<\/strong> left near Gilgo Beach, in Long Island.<\/p>\n

He has pleaded not guilty to the murder of all the women – collectively known as the Gilgo Four, who were part of the Netflix<\/strong> film Lost Girls.<\/p>\n

He did not speak at a brief court hearing on Tuesday and remains jailed without bail, local media reported.<\/p>\n

Heuermann was connected to the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello – who investigators say were sex workers – in part by his wife’s hair, which was found at the crime scene, officials said.<\/p>\n

Unsealed court documents on Tuesday revealed undercover agents followed Heuermann’s 26-year-old daughter onto the Long Island Rail Road and used her discarded Java Monster can to link him to the killings.<\/p>\n

Mobile phone data and DNA taken from a slice of pizza were also used to link him to the deaths.<\/p>\n

In all, 11 sets of human remains were found in 2010 and 2011 along an isolated stretch of the beach, about 30 miles (50km) east of New York City, drawing national attention.<\/p>\n

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The four Heuermann is accused of killing were last seen between July 2007 and September 2010.<\/p>\n

Heuermann used a burner mobile phone to contact sex workers who advertised their services online, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Police concluded that an 11th person found dead in a tidal marsh on the same barrier island accidentally drowned.<\/p>\n

Investigators have said Heuermann, who lived in Massapequa Park across the bay from where the bodies were found, was probably not responsible for all the deaths.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors also said in Tuesday’s court filing that Heuermann feared getting caught in the months leading up to his arrest in July.<\/p>\n

He obtained data wiping software to try and remove evidence on his electronic devices, they said.<\/p>\n

Investigators seized hundreds of devices from Heuermann’s home that prosecutors say contained bondage and torture pornography.<\/p>\n

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Internet search terms also included “how does cell site analysis work”, “Gilgo news” and “how cell phone tracking is increasingly being used to solve crimes”.<\/p>\n

Heuermann’s lawyer, Michael Brown, said his client maintains innocence and looked forward to defending himself in court.<\/p>\n

He also called into question some of the evidence, suggesting new DNA analysis was “problematic” since it was being introduced about 13 years after Ms Brainard-Barnes’ body was discovered.<\/p>\n

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said in response more sophisticated DNA testing had allowed investigators to more conclusively determine the hairs found with Ms Brainard-Barnes belonged to Heuermann’s ex-wife and daughter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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