'Unintended hero.' A mother's quest to find her daughter led to the eventual arrest of suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings
Beyond the string of murders and the long elusive hunt for a suspected serial killer is the Hamlet-like tragedy of a troubled family whose legacy may be helping solve what police called "one of the most consequential homicide investigations in the history of Long Island."
2023-08-06 02:18
Karen Vergata: Gilgo Beach murders police identify body found in 1996
No-one reported the 34-year-old missing after she vanished on Valentine's Day 1996.
2023-08-05 03:59
New York authorities poised to announce identity of Gilgo Beach murder victim, source says
Suffolk County, New York, authorities are expected to identify a Gilgo Beach murder victim that has gone nameless in the over decade-long case, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
2023-08-04 22:22
A Florida man is charged with murder in the death of his wife, whose remains were found in suitcases
A Florida man has been charged with first-degree murder on suspicion of killing and dismembering his wife, whose remains were found in suitcases at a beach last month, authorities said Thursday.
2023-08-04 15:22
Prosecutors ask for DNA swab from Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann
For years, the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized New York residents and sparked conflicting theories about whether a serial killer was at large. The case grew cold for more than a decade -- then a key break came this year involving a pizza crust.
2023-08-04 01:51
Photos show inside of Gilgo Beach killings' suspect home after the police search
In the continuing investigation of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann, authorities have scoured his New York home, leaving a chaotic scene for his family to return to, according to Heuermann's wife and her attorney.
2023-08-02 03:15
Wife of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect and her attorney open up about the family's experience since Rex Heuerman's arrest
The wife of the Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann and her attorney told CNN she had "no idea" of her husband's alleged actions and that the flood of public attention has been "extremely overwhelming" for the mother and her two children.
2023-08-01 16:17
Americans are spotting more sharks in the water. Here's why that's a good thing
It's that time of year again: the thick of summer when sharks have caught America's attention.
2023-07-29 18:22
'A lot of evidence' recovered as search of Gilgo Beach suspect's home ends, DA says
The search of Rex Heuermann's Long Island home has ended after investigators turned up "quite a lot of evidence" in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Tuesday.
2023-07-26 01:18
Investigators probing Gilgo Beach killings were at the suspect's home with a K-9 and ground-penetrating radar, CNN affiliate reports
Authorities searching the home of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann continued those efforts over the weekend with the help of a police dog and ground-penetrating radar, CNN affiliate News 12 Long Island reported.
2023-07-24 08:51
How journalists and a Netflix film kept the focus on the Gilgo Beach victims over a decade of dead ends
Amid the search for Shannan Gilbert, who went missing in May 2010, police on Long Island's South Shore discovered the bodies of four other women wrapped in camouflaged burlap just off Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach in December 2010.
2023-07-22 15:17
Search warrant for Gilgo Beach suspect's South Carolina property sought possible 'trophies,' other items that may have been used in serial killings, newspaper reports
A search warrant for property in South Carolina owned by Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, sought possible "trophies" the suspect may have taken after the killings, according to the Chester News & Reporter, which has seen the warrant.
2023-07-22 08:20