Key takeaways:
- Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, New York has been taken into custody as a suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders.
- The victims of the Gilgo Beach murders were all women, and their bodies were found in a remote area of Long Island between 2010 and 2011.
- Heuermann is currently being held without bail and is facing charges of second-degree murder, and could face life in prison if found guilty.
A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the long-unsolved murders of at least 10 women on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York. Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, a village in Nassau County, was taken into custody as a suspect in the case.
Actor Billy Baldwin, the younger sibling of actor Alec Baldwin, said on Friday that he went to high school with Heuermann. Neighbors of Heuermann described him as a well-dressed man who would commute to work in Manhattan as an architect, with no reason to believe he could be involved in a series of killings that have stumped investigators and drawn national attention.
The victims of the Gilgo Beach murders were all women, and their bodies were found in a remote area of Long Island between 2010 and 2011. The victims were identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwich, Connecticut; Melissa Barthelemy, 24, of the Bronx; Megan Waterman, 22, of Scarborough, Maine; Amber Lynn Costello, 27, of North Babylon; Jessica Taylor, 20, of Manhattan; and an unidentified Asian woman.
Heuermann is currently being held without bail and is facing charges of second-degree murder. If he is found guilty, he could face life in prison. The investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders is ongoing, and authorities are still searching for additional suspects.
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