DNA from a pizza crust that was discarded earlier this year was used to link the suspect charged in the Gilgo murders case with one of the victims, prosecutors allege in court documents released Friday.
, 59, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, according to the indictment. Those three women, along with Maureen Brainard-Barnes, were all found in close proximity to one another in 2010 and have been called the"Gilgo Beach Four." were found in the area, believed to be the victims of a serial killer. Some of the victims had been wrapped in burlap.
According to the newly released court documents, on or about Jan. 26, 2023, a surveillance team recovered a pizza box thrown by Heuermann into a garbage can on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. About three months later, on April 28, a detective hand-delivered a portion of male hair that was found on Megan Waterman that had been preserved as evidence to the same lab where the pizza crust had been tested.
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Rex Heuermann of Massapequa Park charged with murder in Gilgo Beach killingsRex Heuermann has been charged with murder in the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello - three of at least 10 victims whose remains were found.
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