Police are expected to identify another victim in the Gilgo Beach killings Friday morning, a senior law enforcement source says.
Police officers stand near the house where suspect, Rex Heuermann, has been taken into custody in Massapequa Park, N.Y., on July 14.Police are expected to identify another victim in the notorious Gilgo Beach killings Friday, a senior law enforcement source toldA news conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. ET regarding an update in the ongoing investigation by the Gilgo Beach homicide investigation task force. Police did not immediately respond to a request from NBC News seeking more information.
Human remains of Jane Doe Seven were located in Davis Park on Fire Island in 1996. DNA later linked these remains to another set of remains located April 11, 2011, along Ocean Parkway, in Nassau County, according to aAuthorities continue to work at the home, bottom right, of suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, N.Y., on July 24.For years, the discovery of the remains of multiple sex workers around Gilgo Beach left the Long Island community on edge.
The victims were all believed to have been sex workers who advertised on online sites, according to police. Prosecutors requested in a filing Tuesday that Heuermann provide buccal samples, which would “provide further relevant evidence of the defendant’s identity as the perpetrator of the crime” and to compare to DNA retrieved from the crime scenes.
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