Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann is subsequent as a consequence of seem in courtroom April 8, when it’s anticipated he may change his plea to responsible and admit to the murders of ladies whose stays have been discovered close to Gilgo Seashore and elsewhere on Lengthy Island, New York, sources conversant in the case instructed ABC Information on Thursday.
The Suffolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace, which charged Heuermann within the deaths of seven ladies, declined to remark.
Rex Heuermann, charged within the Gilgo Seashore serial killings on Lengthy Island, seems for a listening to at Suffolk County Court docket in Riverhead, N.Y., June. 6, 2024.
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An legal professional for Heuermann didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Heuermann has pleaded not responsible and is scheduled to stand trial in September in Riverhead, the place he has been held since his July 2023 arrest.
The expectation of Heuermann’s plea change was first reported by Newsday.
The victims’ stays have been discovered discarded on Lengthy Island between 1993 and 2011.
The primary sufferer was Sandra Costilla, killed in 1993. Valerie Mack was killed in 2000 and Jessica Taylor was killed in 2003. Partial stays of Taylor and Mack have been discovered close to Gilgo Seashore and in Manorville on Lengthy Island, whereas Costilla was present in North Sea on Lengthy Island.
Maureen Brainard-Barnes was killed in 2007 and located close to Gilgo Seashore. Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Lynn Costello have been killed between 2009 and 2010 and in addition recovered close to Gilgo Seashore.
