The Gilgo Beach Murders

Registered architect from Massapequa Park, New York, arrested on July 13, 2023, and charged in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Heuermann founded the Manhattan firm RH Consultants & Associates in 1994. As of late 2024, he has been charged with seven counts of murder spanning from 1993 to 2010. Prosecutors allege he used burner phones to contact victims, wrapped remains in burlap, and maintained a digital planning document outlining methods to avoid detection. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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Twenty-two-year-old woman from Scarborough, Maine. She was last seen on June 6, 2010, leaving a Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge, New York. Her remains were discovered on December 13, 2010, near Gilgo Beach. A male hair recovered from the burlap wrapping her body was later matched to Rex Heuermann via DNA obtained from a discarded pizza crust.

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Twenty-four-year-old woman from Jersey City, New Jersey. On May 1, 2010, she made a frantic 911 call from a client's residence in Oak Beach, Long Island, stating someone was "after her." She fled the residence and was last seen running through the Oak Beach neighborhood. Her remains were found in a marsh near Oak Beach on December 13, 2011, approximately 19 months later. The search for Gilbert led directly to the discovery of the other Gilgo Beach victims. Whether her death is connected to the serial killings remains a subject of debate.

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Twenty-four-year-old woman from the Bronx, New York. She was last seen on July 12, 2009. Her remains were the first of the "Gilgo Four" to be discovered on December 11, 2010, along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. Rex Heuermann was charged with her murder in July 2023.

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Twenty-five-year-old woman from Norwich, Connecticut. She was last seen on July 9, 2007, making her the earliest of the Gilgo Four to disappear. Her remains were found on December 13, 2010. A belt with a distinctive "WH" buckle was found restraining her remains; forensic analysis of a hair on the buckle yielded DNA nearly identical to Heuermann's wife. Heuermann was charged with her murder in January 2024.

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Twenty-seven-year-old woman from West Babylon, New York. She was last seen on September 2, 2010, leaving her home to meet a client she had arranged to see through an online advertisement. Her remains were discovered on December 13, 2010, near Gilgo Beach. Heuermann was charged with her murder in July 2023.

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Former Oak Beach resident and retired physician. After Shannan Gilbert's disappearance in May 2010, phone records confirmed that Hackett called Gilbert's mother and reportedly claimed he operated a "home for wayward girls" and had treated Shannan on the morning of her disappearance. Hackett later denied making the calls despite the phone records. Gilbert's family pursued civil litigation against Hackett. His role in Gilbert's final hours remains a point of public interest in the case.

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Suffolk County Police Commissioner who in February 2022 formed the Gilgo Beach Homicide Investigation Task Force, a multiagency unit that included the Suffolk County Police Department, Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, New York State Police, and FBI. Harrison, formerly the NYPD's chief of detectives and chief of department, assigned Detective Lieutenant Kevin Beyrer to lead the probe. The task force's work led to the arrest of Rex Heuermann in July 2023.

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