Massapequa Park, New York – Long Island police have returned to the Massapequa Park home of suspected serial killer Rex Heuerman.
Her attorney, Bob Macedonio, said his wife, Asa Elerup, who filed for divorce shortly after last summer’s arrest, and their adult children were not home at the time.
“I can confirm that there is police activity at the house,” he said, declining to comment further. Investigators are believed to have obtained a new search warrant for the home, which they spent about two weeks searching last year.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said, “As District Attorney Tierney previously stated, the Gilgo Beach Homicide Task Force remains active. We do not comment on ongoing investigative procedures.” .
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On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at the Suffolk County Courthouse in Riverhead, alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuerman appears in Judge Tim Mazzei’s courtroom alongside his attorney Michael Brown. (James Carbone/Newsday)
The raid comes weeks after a police K-9 was seen digging through woods about 60 miles away in Manorville in a potentially related investigation.
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Heuerman is accused of killing four women whose bodies were found in bushes along a quiet stretch of Ocean Parkway in 2010. Megan Waterman, 22 years old. Amber Costello, 27 years old. and Maureen Brainard Burns (25).
“Gilgo Four,” as Heuerman’s victims became known, was one of 11 bodies discovered after police received a haunting 911 call. shannan gilbert In 2010.
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The “Gilgo Four” are, clockwise from top left, Maureen Brainard Burns, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. In the background, a wooden cross is shown in the marshes adjacent to Gilgo Beach, New York, where their bodies were discovered in the brush just a few meters from Ocean Parkway. (Suffolk County Police Department/Fox News Digital Mega)
Two of the other victims, Jessica Taylor and Valerie Mack, were dismembered and abandoned in separate locations. Police first discovered the victims’ partial bodies in Manorville in 2000 and 2003. Additional bodies were discovered during the 2011 search for Gilbert.
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Heuerman is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.
Heuermann was born and raised there. massapequa park, new york.
He bought his childhood home from his mother in the 1990s and moved his family there.
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A panoramic view of Rex Heuerman’s home in Massapequa Park, New York, on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. A sign can be seen in the front yard of Heuerman’s home that reads, “Do not stop or stand at any time.” Heuerman was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of killing three women, and police executed search warrants at his home for more than a week. (MEGA on FOX News Digital)
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Neighbors described him as a quiet businessman who carried his briefcase to a nearby train station, put on a three-piece suit and headed to his architect’s Manhattan office.
Mr. Heuerman has pleaded not guilty. The four Gilgo murders He has not been named a suspect in the other deaths.
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