Gilgo Beach

Investigators say a DNA sample from the estranged wife of Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, matches a hair found on one of the victims.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said new witnesses have connected accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to two more victims — Shannan Gilbert and Karen Vergata.

After almost three decades, the dismembered remains of “Fire Island Jane Doe'' have been identified but law enforcement have yet to connect her to the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney will be the lead prosecutor in the case against Rex Heuermann, the Massapequa Park man charged with murder related to three women whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach in 2010.

Suffolk County police have arrested Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, in connection with the notorious Gilgo Beach murders investigation.

A suspect has been taken into custody on New York's Long Island in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders.

The search for Shannan Gilbert, who is heard in the 911 call, led to the discovery of 10 sets of human remains along Ocean Parkway in what has become nationally known as the “Long Island Serial Killer” investigation.

A plan would grant unlimited driving permits to full-time Fire Island residents. Police have released a 911 call related to the Gilgo Beach murders, a new state program in Connecticut will help provide mortgage relief, and federal law meant to help Coast Guard members doesn’t fly in all states.

Suffolk County police have released new details about four of the Gilgo Beach murder victims in an effort to garner tips from the public that could help solve the case 12 years later.

Officials said they have doubled the reward for any information that leads to an arrest to $50,000 — the highest in the department’s history.