Investigators have long believed it was possible there was more than one killer because of the different conditions of the victims. Male hair was recovered from the burlap used to wrap Waterman's body, and that DNA was found to be a match to leftover pizza crust Heuermann threw into a Manhattan garbage can in January 2023, according to court documents. 'Each of the four victims were found similarly positioned, bound in a similar fashion by either belts or tape,' court documents said. While Heuermann is not charged in the death of Brainard-Barnes, the court document said he is the 'prime suspect in her death.' The investigation into Brainard-Barnes' death is ongoing, officials said Friday. Barthelemy,' documents said.Īccording to court documents, records established that Heuermann's wife was out of town when Barthelemy, Waterman and Costello disappeared.Ī fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in July 2007, was also tied to the three women.

Some of the calls 'resulted in a conversation between the caller, who was a male, and a relative of Melissa Barthelemy, in which the male caller admitted killing and sexually assaulting Ms. Barthelemy's family members,' court documents said. On five occasions in the summer of 2009, someone in midtown Manhattan - which is where Heuermann's office is located - used Barthelemy's phone to make 'taunting phone calls to Ms. The cellphones of two victims were used by the killer after their deaths, according to records. Shortly before each woman vanished, she had contact with a person using a 'burner' cellphone without a verified identity, according to court records. 'Rex Heuermannis a demon that walks among us,'Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said Friday. The three women were between 22 and 27 years old and all worked as sex workers, court records said. New York City architect Rex Heuermann is charged with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, whose bodies were found covered in burlap along Ocean Parkway on Long Island's South Shore in December 2010, according to court records unsealed Friday in Suffolk County Criminal Court.īarthelemy disappeared in July 2009, Waterman disappearedin June 2010 and Costello was last seen in September 2010. A suspect has been arrested in connection with three of the 10 victims linked to the Gilgo Beach, New York, murders, authorities said.

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