{"id":18907,"date":"2025-04-12T04:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T04:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/long-island-serial-killings-a-timeline-of-the-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T04:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T04:18:43","slug":"long-island-serial-killings-a-timeline-of-the-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/long-island-serial-killings-a-timeline-of-the-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Island serial killings: A timeline of the investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>What began as a search for one missing woman led to multiple bodies and the capture of a man <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rex-heuermann-gilgo-beach-serial-killings-suspect-48-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">police say is a serial killer<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>May 1, 2010: Shannan Gilbert disappears<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/48-hours-uncovers-missing-escort-shannan-gilberts-final-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Shannan Gilbert<\/a><\/span>, 23, was working as an escort. In the early morning hours of May 1, 2010, Gilbert made <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shannan-gilbert-gilgo-beach-long-island-serial-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a frantic phone call to 911<\/a><\/span>. She had been at a client&#8217;s home on Long Island, and said she believed someone was after her. She took off running and told the 911 operator there were people trying to kill her. Then, Gilbert vanished.<\/p>\n<p>Police would do an exhaustive search for Gilbert. Months passed without a sign of the missing woman and then, in December 2010, near Gilgo Beach, a police officer and his K-9, Blue, found human remains. But it wasn&#8217;t Gilbert. Instead, they found the bodies of four women.<\/p>\n<h2>December 2010: The Gilgo Four<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/10\/d1e75511-27cf-41bb-bdff-6f1a81fdb16a\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/431abc0cd73f8b611aed904373908a9e\/lisk-gilgo4.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Gilgo Four \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Gilgo Four. From left, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police found the bodies of four women near Gilgo Beach on New York&#8217;s Long Island.\u00a0 The women became known as the Gilgo Four and were identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy. Police say all of the women were petite and three of them were wrapped in burlap.\u00a0 Police began their hunt to find a serial killer.<\/p>\n<h2>The killer had a type<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/16\/034a575a-3ea7-4b25-9dfd-f3aa6720a202\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/607f0173df7ec9354b5bf7c34b67c625\/lisk-varrone.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Dominick Varrone \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Dominick Varrone was chief of detectives at the Suffolk County Police Department,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                WCBS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dominick Varrone, who was Suffolk County chief of detectives at the time, said there were<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/long-island-serial-killer-lookalike-victims-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> striking similarities among the Gilgo Four<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;Very petite. 5 foot or under, 100 pounds,&#8221; Varrone said. The women were also all in their 20s and were all working as online escorts.<\/p>\n<h2>July 6, 2007: Maureen Brainard-Barnes&#8217; final weekend<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/054ec23b-d493-4a9f-8c43-a4d8f090f7f6\/thumbnail\/1240x832\/46177d9ad3b5b4cb042f70340cc0b857\/lisk-maureen-brainard-barnes.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Maureen Brainard-Barnes \" height=\"832\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, was the first of the Gilgo Four to disappear. She had been working as an escort in New York City when she vanished in July 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Melissa Cann<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maureen Brainard-Barnes is often referred to as the first of the Gilgo Four. She went missing in July 2007.\u00a0 Brainard-Barnes was a single mother of two living in Norwich, Connecticut. She had begun working as an escort, posting ads on Craigslist and other websites to meet clients. On July 6, 2007, her cellphone was contacted by a burner cellphone \u2014 a prepaid phone that anyone can buy and use anonymously. Between July 6 and July 9, there were 16 interactions between the caller using a burner phone and Brainard-Barnes&#8217; cellphone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>July 8, 2007: Missy Cann&#8217;s last call with her sister<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/425d157e-9d07-4a70-b8aa-8bd3f8e64597\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b9e3b730701621c1c45bd211d07fb419\/lisk-melissa-cann.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Melissa Cann \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Melissa Cann says her sister Maureen&#8217;s death is always in the back of her mind. &#8220;It&#8217;s really really hard &#8230; I miss her so much.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maureen Brainard-Barnes&#8217; sister, Missy Cann, received a call from Maureen late at night from Penn Station in midtown Manhattan. In an interview in 2020, Cann told &#8220;48 Hours&#8221; Maureen said she was going to take the train at midnight. Cann never saw or heard from Maureen again.<\/p>\n<h2>July 2009: The disappearance of Melissa Barthelemy<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/39150b39-55e4-4691-b896-b036596a5c6f\/thumbnail\/1240x820\/7ad3bcf1df2a9e4593e4816e94d5db1f\/lisk-barthelemy-melissa.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Melissa Barthelemy \" height=\"820\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Melissa Barthelemy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Barhelemy family<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Melissa Barthelemy, 24, moved from Buffalo, New York, to New York City to work as a hairdresser. At some point, she also began working as an escort. In July 2009, nearly two years to the day that Brainard-Barnes went missing,\u00a0 Barthelemy disappeared.<\/p>\n<h2>July 17, 2009: Taunting phone calls begin<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/16\/d575a38c-2481-4330-9016-7ee0844e820b\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/7a2ae6c2cfd6eaf343f20cd9673176f8\/lisk-amanda.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"lisk-amanda.jpg \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Melissa&#8217;s younger sister Amanda.\u00a0(&#8220;48 Hours&#8221; agreed not to show her face.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the weeks following Barthelemy&#8217;s disappearance, police say her then 15-year-old sister, Amanda, received a series of phone calls from a man calling from Melissa&#8217;s cellphone. The first of these calls came on July 17, 2009 at approximately 12:40 p.m.\u00a0 A number of calls followed in the coming weeks. In one, the caller told Amanda he had killed Melissa.<\/p>\n<h2>June 5, 2010: Megan Waterman<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/22f26b0f-ff69-4d61-8a78-757b391d9adf\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/10532fa539877fd02441c9c226711394\/lisk-waterman-crop.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Megan Waterman \" height=\"930\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Megan Waterman, 22, was the youngest of the four victims whose bodies were discovered near Gilgo Beach. Megan was last seen on June 6, 2010, leaving a Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge, N.Y.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Handout<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Megan Waterman, 22, a mother from Scarborough, Maine, was also working as an escort. On June 5, 2010, she was contacted by a burner phone which had just been activated that same day.<\/p>\n<h2>June 6, 2010: Megan Waterman vanishes<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/04\/13\/43f20879-8aad-4ec1-9f93-5e539677e511\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b78f6839f026faf13577ba48517e8f8d\/megan-waterman.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"megan-waterman.jpg \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison released video never seen by the public of a lobby of the Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge on June 4 and 6 in 2010. Seen in a yellow top is Megan Waterman in her final hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Suffolk County Police<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At 1:31 a.m., Waterman&#8217;s phone was again contacted by the same burner phone as the day before. Security video showed Waterman leaving a Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge, Long Island, around the same time. This was the last time she was seen alive.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;I can&#8217;t bring her back&#8221;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/e67991d4-07d8-4105-8133-d9a10e5ec384\/thumbnail\/1240x856\/262706e6dffced179980fd301a0eecf2\/lisk-waterman.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Lily and Megan Waterman \" height=\"856\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Lily Waterman tells &#8220;48 Hours&#8221; that if she could talk to her mom, she would tell her how much she loves her. &#8220;I never got to really say those words.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Elizabeth Meserve<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liliana Waterman was just 3 years old when her mother disappeared. In her first television interview in 2020, Liliana (pictured with Megan Waterman) told &#8220;48 Hours&#8221; that if she could talk to her mom, she would tell her how much she loves her. &#8220;I never got to really say those words,&#8221; Liliana told correspondent Erin Moriarty. She said she misses her mom every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sept. 2, 2010: Amber Costello disappears<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/04c64b4c-aad3-4dcb-afd7-f71d88d7163d\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/9bd3cef9bea03d0c3e6de02c2190c663\/lisk-amber-costello.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Amber Costello \" height=\"930\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Amber Costello, 27, disappeared in September 2010, after she left her home on Long Island to meet a client. In 2011, her roommate Dave Schaller told &#8220;48 Hours,&#8221; &#8220;she was an amazing person, she really was.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Handout<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amber Costello, a 27-year-old escort living on Long Island, was contacted by someone using a burner phone. The next day, she left her house to meet a client and never returned.<\/p>\n<p>After Costello&#8217;s disappearance, police say her roommate Dave Schaller told them about her clients. He described one of them as looking like an &#8220;ogre&#8221; and having &#8220;a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche.&#8221; On the night she went missing, Schaller says, a client offered Cistello $1,500 for the night \u2013 six times her hourly rate.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Schaller spoke to Moriarty. &#8220;This guy was so relentless,&#8221; Schaller said. &#8220;He called several times. He was on the phone with her for quite a while each time.&#8221; He says the client got Costello, an experienced escort, to do something she never did: leave home without her purse or cellphone and meet him in his car. At nearly midnight, Schaller says Costello left the house, walked down the street, and he never saw her again.<\/p>\n<h2>Dec. 16, 2010: Still no Shannan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/10\/7b6f8705-8e75-4031-ab96-15e5aff8eea9\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/7c2b5c747f3ddf0df0180602e997b5f3\/lisk-sneakpeek-604891-640x360.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Gilgo beach search \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the spring of 2011, investigators continued a wide-ranging search for Shannan Gilbert.<\/p>\n<h2>May 2011: Six more sets of remains discovered<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/f211e550-b6f0-41ac-9799-42d4ac8eebcf\/thumbnail\/1240x843\/c7e0166ce6db49575b78c4f69ac04028\/lisk-victims-map.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Suffolk County map of serial killer's victims \" height=\"843\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">By May 2011, police had discovered six\u202fmore\u202fsets of remains in the area, bringing the total to 10 sets of remains   \u2014 including the Gilgo Four. Investigators were not sure the same killer was responsible for all the murders. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Suffolk County Police Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By May 2011, police had discovered six more sets of remains in the area, bringing the total to 10 \u2014 including the Gilgo Four. Investigators were not sure the same killer was responsible for all the murders. \u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Victim No. 5, Jessica Taylor, is an escort who went missing in 2003.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Another set of remains police called &#8220;Jane #6&#8221; has now been identified as Valerie Mack, who also worked as an escort and went missing in 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Number 7, to investigators&#8217; surprise they found a toddler girl.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Number 8 was an Asian male dressed in women&#8217;s clothing.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Number 9 was a female skull belonging to <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/cbsint_a10ef_cbsnews?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fgilgo-beach-long-island-investigators-identify-another-murder-victim%2F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Flong-island-serial-killings-investigation-timeline-48-hours%2F&amp;event_type=click&amp;article_id=7dc80f36-3890-4e27-b4f6-c850ea2eeb9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow, sponsored, noopener\">Karen Vergata<\/a>, an escort who disappeared in 1996. <\/li>\n<li>Number 10, female remains, from a victim cops nicknamed &#8220;Peaches&#8221; because of a tattoo on her torso.\u00a0 Although her remains were found 6 miles away, police say DNA has confirmed that &#8220;Peaches&#8221; is the mother of that toddler.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dec. 13, 2011: Shannan Gilbert is found<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/12\/13\/b9541ee2-b732-45a1-ab71-95c9257ce27b\/thumbnail\/1240x1647\/6bb3aafa39b57c9753194601cffc3a93\/lisk-gilbert-shannan.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Shannan Gilbert \" height=\"1647\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In December 2011, a year-and-a-half after she went missing, police found Shannan Gilbert&#8217;s belongings. Her purse, cellphone, shoes and even her jeans were found in the marsh eight miles from Gilgo Beach. A week later, her skeletal remains were found about a quarter mile from her belongings.\u00a0 Investigators are not convinced Shannan was murdered and theorize that she may have died of hypothermia or possible drowning.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                John Ray Law\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In December 2011, a year-and-a-half after she went missing, and a year after the Gilgo Four were found, investigators found\u00a0 Gilbert&#8217;s remains. But they don&#8217;t believe she was murdered.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, the Suffolk County Police Department released the full audio of Shannan&#8217;s 21-minute 911 call on May 1, 2010, the morning she disappeared. Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said in an interview with Erin Moriarty, Gilberts&#8217;s death was likely not a murder. &#8220;It&#8217;s an unfortunate incident, but right now we believe that she just ran into the marsh and unfortunately drowned,&#8221; Harrison said.<\/p>\n<h2>February 2022: A fresh look at the case<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/17\/aff32c12-612b-450f-b9e3-49624a1c2bb9\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/13f640e075ad83cf08f1bc234a29bab2\/lisk-tierney.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Gilgo Beach Serial Killings \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney exits after a court appearance by Rex Heuermann, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Riverhead, N.Y.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP\/John Minchillo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For nearly a decade after the discovery of the Gilgo Four, the investigation stalled. Until, in February 2022, a new task force was formed by Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. In an interview withMoriarty, DA Tierney said, &#8220;&#8230; a mere six weeks later &#8230; Rex Heuermann was identified for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>A tip from the past<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/17\/fef0f0da-7ac7-4de8-bb1e-d9cddefd2c58\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/d385be0d6f44e9fb10302ebd475e9855\/lisk-dave-schaller.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Dave Schaller \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">After Amber Costello disappeared in 2010, police say her roommate Dave Schaller told them about her clients. He described one of them as looking like an &#8220;ogre&#8221; and having &#8220;a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How did investigators get a suspect in six weeks? It turns out that in the original case files were a number of critical clues that the new task force was finally able to connect. Costello&#8217;s roommate Dave Schaller had previously described one of Costello&#8217;s clients and the type of vehicle he drove to investigators. The vehicle was a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche. <\/p>\n<p>With a description of an&#8221;ogre-like&#8221; man, and the make and model of his truck, police took a closer look at Costello&#8217;s phone records from 2010. Schaller had told them that before Costello disappeared, there was one client that called her incessantly.<\/p>\n<h2>The burner phone clue<\/h2>\n<p>Police back then knew the client was using a burner phone. And they knew that the Brainard-Barnes, Barthelemy, Costello and Waterman \u00a0had all been in contact with burner numbers right before they disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, with the help of the FBI, police determined that most of those calls connected to cell towers inside a small area of Massapequa Park, Long Island. They called this area &#8220;the box.&#8221; According to DA Tierney, &#8220;the box&#8221; consisted of a couple of blocks within Massapequa Park.<\/p>\n<h2>A suspect in sight<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/17\/2a8819a3-94d4-4132-a3fa-2743c5e17a05\/thumbnail\/1240x697\/9155bec31e00455e759cac18f00879ee\/lisk-heuermann-burner.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"lisk-heuermann-burner.jpg \" height=\"697\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Rex Heuermann was observed by law enforcement at a cellphone store in Midtown Manhattan on May 19, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Suffolk County District Attorney<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Armed with their small radius of &#8220;the box&#8221; and the description of an &#8220;ogre-like&#8221; man that drove a Chevrolet Avalanche, the task force now had a prime suspect. Police identified an architect named Rex Heuermann as the man they believed may have been responsible for the murders.<\/p>\n<p>And when they looked at Heuermann&#8217;s personal cellphone records, they say that his phone was in the same area as those burner phones when they were used to contact victims. They also say that when the burner phones contacted victims, they were often in Massapequa Park, where Heuermann lived, or midtown Manhattan, where his architectural firm was located. In 2023, they noticed Heuermann going into a phone store to make a payment on a burner phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>A DNA hit<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/16\/564f6ad6-51a3-48ad-8b66-c6e0984b8765\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/9d1867c94216fdedb98fce0903defbfb\/lisk-heuermann-pizza.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Rex Heuermann pizza box evidence \" height=\"930\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Detectives tailing Rex Heuermann recovered his DNA from pizza crust in a box that he discarded in a Manhattan trash can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Suffolk County D.A.<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police began to tail Heuermann. When he threw out a pizza box into a trash can in midtown Manhattan, investigators found that Heuermann&#8217;s DNA on the pizza crust was consistent with a DNA profile found on a male hair discovered with Megan Waterman&#8217;s body. With <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gilgo-beach-murder-suspect-rex-heuermann-evidence-chevy-strand-of-hair-pizza-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">DNA evidence<\/a><\/span>, along with the cellphone records linking Heuermann to the burner phones, officers made an arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>July 14, 2023: A suspect in custody<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/17\/2402fc20-88db-43ab-859e-e551233facef\/thumbnail\/1240x697\/e553779280b3e0e6f11f63383c62060f\/lisk-heuermann-arrest.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Rex Heuermann \" height=\"697\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Suspect Rex Heuermann leaving the Suffolk County Police 7th Precinct in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders on his way to court on  July 14, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Splash by Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/659083418\/Rex-Heuermann-Gilgo-Beach-murder-suspect-bail-documentation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rex Heuermann<\/a>, of Massapequa Park, Long Island,\u00a0 was<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gilgo-beach-murders-long-island-serial-killer-suspect-arrest-new-york\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">\u00a0charged with multiple counts of murder<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello. Heuermann is currently the prime suspect for the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, but he has not been charged with her death.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Heuermann&#8217;s innocence at a press conference, Heuerman&#8217;s attorney Michael Brown said, &#8220;What has my client told me? He told me he didn&#8217;t do this.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Digging for evidence<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/17\/cd63cb28-c19f-4948-97a1-b32f526b7634\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/d43423d75e837950f2e958d2a233eddb\/lisk-heuermann-excavator.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Excavator at Heuermann home \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An excavator is seen at the home of Rex Heuermann.. According to law enforcement sources, investigators are looking into whether any victims may have been killed at the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS New York<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police spent 12 days <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gilgo-beach-murders-massapequa-park-residents-worry-suspect-rex-heuermanns-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">looking through Heuermann&#8217;s house<\/a><\/span>, pulling guns out of the basement, and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/long-island-serial-killer-suspect-rex-heuermann-house-excavator\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">digging in the backyard<\/a><\/span>. Another important piece of evidence taken into possession was a first-generation<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gilgo-beach-murder-suspect-rex-heuermann-evidence-chevy-strand-of-hair-pizza-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> Chevrolet Avalanche<\/a><\/span> registered to Heuermann at the time of the murders. It was sitting on property he owns in South Carolina when they recovered it.<\/p>\n<h2>An opportunity to kill?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>A married man, Heuermann has a daughter and stepson with his second wife, Asa Ellerup. Ellerup, who was born in Iceland, would take the children to see her family there in the summers. It was during these trips and others, police believe, that Heuermann killed the women.<\/p>\n<h2>Heuermann pleaded not guilty<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/07\/20\/67d5ffa9-cf21-4c4f-97b5-4724b4adf303\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/9c1e35746650c7ae12bc11e13f57145e\/cnn-l19jb21wb25lbnrzl2ltywdll2luc3rhbmnlcy9pbwfnzs1jzthkmjeymdq5odm4ndi5odhhnte2ogm3zdm3nja2nw-l19wywdlcy9oxzaxogrizgeznzkyn2rjotk5nmvjmjewoti1ntzmnjc0.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"Rex Heuermann booking photo \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Rex Heuermann is seen in a booking image from the Suffolk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Suffolk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heuermann was arraigned in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York. He pleaded not guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello. The judge ordered that he be held without bail in a Suffolk County jail where he is currently awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<h2>Remembering Amber, Melissa and Megan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/17\/5d1c79f7-f50a-4b48-a00f-0128076e4937\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/607e7e2799318962937b517c159813ca\/lisk-trio.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"From left, Amber Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">From left, Amber Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators hope that the arrest can give victims&#8217; families a sense of peace. Police Commissioner Harrison told Erin Moriarty, &#8220;He took away somebody&#8217;s mother, somebody&#8217;s daughter, somebody&#8217;s sister, not just one person, multiple individuals.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Other investigations?<\/h2>\n<p>Investigations spread to South Carolina and Las Vegas where Heuermann owns property, with detectives there taking a fresh look at cases of missing women. Heuermann has not been charged in any additional investigations. <\/p>\n<p>As for the other bodies found near Gilgo Beach \u2013 Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack, Karen Vergata, &#8220;Peaches&#8221;, the toddler girl, and the Asian male \u2013 none of them have been linked to Heuermann.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Prosecutors: Suspect&#8217;s cheek swab matches pizza box DNA<\/h2>\n<p>DNA from Heuermann&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/prosecutors-rex-heuermanns-cheek-swab-matches-dna-found-on-pizza-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cheek swab matches the DNA<\/a><\/span> that authorities had previously collected from a pizza crust and used to link Heuermann to one of the victims, according to prosecutors during a Sept. 27, 2023 court appearance. Heuermann&#8217;s lawyer disputed the significance of the DNA sample. <\/p>\n<h2>Jan. 16, 2024: Heuermann charged with fourth killing<\/h2>\n<p>Six months after his arrest, Rex Heuermann was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/gilgo-beach-murders-suspect-rex-heuermann-due-in-court-to-face-4th-murder-charge-sources-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">indicted in the death of a fourth alleged victim,<\/a><\/span> Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Investigators said they linked Brainard-Barnes&#8217; murder to Heuermann via DNA from a female hair found in the buckle of a belt used to bind her ankles, feet and legs &#8211; eight trillion to one that it matched Heuermann&#8217;s wife Asa Ellerup or daughter Victoria, who was tailed on a commuter train and threw out an energy drink, according to court documents. Prosecutors made it clear they believed all hair transfer were made from Heuermann to his alleged victims. The family was out of town for the murders of the Gilgo Beach Four. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the murders.<\/p>\n<h2>June 6, 2024: Two more cases linked to Heuermann\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/06\/06\/d62b410b-4c7b-415e-bb1e-583bc259e223\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/bc7a32ed75d8db13f5688b9ba12ed7a4\/new-gusoff-12p-pkg-gilg-wcbsagb0-hi-res-still.jpg?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"new-gusoff-12p-pkg-gilg-wcbsagb0-hi-res-still.jpg \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is now charged with killing two more women, Sandra Costilla and Jessica Taylor, 10 years apart on Long Island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS New York<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heuermann was charged with\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/gilgo-beach-murders-rex-heuermann-new-murder-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killing two more women<\/a><\/span> 10 years apart on Long Island \u2014 the 1993 murder of Sandra Costilla and the 2003 murder of Jessica Taylor. Costilla&#8217;s death was not previously tied to the Gilgo case. The Suffolk County\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/rex-heuermann-indicted-in-two-more-long-island-murders-full-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">district attorney&#8217;s office says<\/a><\/span>\u00a0DNA from hair found near Costilla and Taylor&#8217;s remains and pick-up truck evidence connect Heuermann to their killings. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n<h2>Dec. 17, 2024: Heuermann charged with 7th killing<\/h2>\n<p>Heuermann was charged with killing Valerie Mack, a 24-year-old from New Jersey who had been working as an escort in the Philadelphia area, in 2000. For years, she was known only as &#8220;Jane Doe #6.&#8221; Her partial remains were found in Manorville, Long Island, in 2000, and more of her remains were found on Gilgo Beach more than 10 years later.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br 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