Long Island serial killer

Lawyers for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann asked a Suffolk County judge for five separate criminal trials for the seven murders he’s charged with.

Valerie Mack’s partial remains were discovered over 20 years ago. She is the 7th victim alleged to have been killed by Rex Heuermann of Massapequa Park.

A Suffolk County grand jury has handed down two more murder indictments in the Long Island serial killer case. Rex Heuermann of Massapequa Park now faces murder charges in the deaths of six women. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them.

The task force investigating the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island will take on other murder cases that have gone cold in Suffolk County, according to District Attorney Ray Tierney.

Lawyers for the alleged Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann, want the FBI files related to James Burke, the Suffolk County police chief who originally investigated the human remains found near Gilgo Beach over a decade ago.

Prosecutors have handed over a heap of evidence to lawyers against suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann — including 2,944 tips that police received from the public in the 13 years since several victims were found near Gilgo Beach.

Prosecutors have charged suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann with the murder of a fourth woman. The remains of a 25-year-old Connecticut woman were among the first remains of sex workers to be discovered near Gilgo Beach over a decade ago.

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.