Rex Heuermann, the man who has been charged with the murder of three sex workers on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, is expected to be charged with a fourth murder, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.
Raymond Tierney, Suffolk County District Attorney, will announce the new charges after they are unsealed at the Suffolk County Courthouse in Riverhead, Long Island.
Authorities have previously said that Heuermann, 60, is the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, but they did not have enough evidence to charge him in that case at the time of the other charges.
A lawyer for Heuermann did not immediately respond Sunday night to an emailed request for comment on the new charges.
Heuermann was arrested in July 2023 as detectives surrounded him outside his Manhattan architecture office. He was charged with the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, all found in high weeds near Gilgo Beach, on the south shore of Long Island.
Following Heuermann’s arrest in connection with the killings of Barthelemy, Waterman and Costello, he was considered to be the prime suspect in Brainard-Barnes’ murder, and that authorities had “substantial evidence” of his involvement in the case, a bail application obtained by NBC News at the time said.
The remains of all four women — known as the “Gilgo Four” — were discovered in December 2010 when authorities were searching for Shannan Gilbert, another sex worker who went missing around that time.
All four women were discovered along a stretch of Ocean Parkway.
Heuermann was connected to the deaths through DNA obtained from a discarded slice of pizza found in trash outside his office. His wife’s hair was also found at the crime scenes, leading investigators to believe items used in the slayings, including burlap sacks and tape, came from the residence they shared.
Heuermann pleaded not guilty in July to three charges of first-degree murder and three charges of…
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