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Long Island Architect Charged With Three Gilgo Beach Murders

A memorial for a victim in the Gilgo Beach murders along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach, New York in April 2013. — A memorial for a victim in the Gilgo Beach murders along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach, New York in April 2013.
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By Katia Porzecanski, Bob Van Voris, and Patricia Hurtado

July 14, 2023 at 1:10 PM UTC

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July 14, 2023 at 10:04 PM UTC

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A Long Island architect was arrested and charged with the murders of three women more than a decade after the bodies were discovered on a South Shore beach.

Rex Heuermann was 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 a court filing by the Suffolk County District Attorney on Friday. Heuermann, 59, is the “prime suspect” in the killing of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes.