Prosecutors unveiled a plethora of new evidence on Tuesday in the case against alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann.
The evidence includes travel records indicating Heuermann’s family leaving town during the purported murders, details of the suspect’s questionable online searches, and investigators’ efforts to obtain DNA evidence from his daughter.
The release of this evidence coincided with the charging of Heuermann, aged 60, for the murder of 25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
She disappeared in 2007 while working as an escort, and prosecutors have linked Heuermann to her death through DNA and other compelling evidence, ABC News reported.
Defense attorney Michael Brown entered a not guilty plea to the second-degree murder charge on Heuermann’s behalf during the proceedings at Suffolk County Court on Tuesday.
Earlier in July, the former Long Island architect had already faced charges for the murders of three other escorts on Long Island.
Brainard-Barnes, akin to the other victims—Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, and Melissa Barthelemy—had her remains discovered in a desolate area near Gilgo Beach in December 2010, as outlined by prosecutors.
Written by B.C. Begley
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