Year: 2023

Murder
July 14, 2023

Cops Find Wife’s Hairs on Accused Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Murder Victims, ‘Sadistic, torture-related’ Searches on Phone & Prank Call to Victim’s Family

A New York man accused of murdering at least three women pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Friday, despite reported evidence found by investigators that have linked him to numerous Gilgo Beach murder victims. Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, …

Margaret Craig
Podcast
July 14, 2023

[Body Bags] Decoding the Gruesome Method: Chainsaws and the Horrors of Dismemberment

Neighbors, noticing the unusual absence of 71-year-old Margaret Craig, request that police perform a well-visit check at her residence. Responding police officers are invited into the home, and upon entering the basement, they are met with the smell of decomposition and copious amounts of blood near plastic trash bags. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack …

Breaking
July 14, 2023

Update: Police Confirm Arrest of 59-year-old New York Architect in Gilgo Beach Murders

Police identified Rex Heuermann as the suspect in custody in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders during a Friday press conference in New York. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison stated that 59-year-old Rex Heuermann was arrested Thursday night and was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday. “We anticipate an indictment later on this …

Serial Killers
July 14, 2023

Gilgo Beach Murders: Who Is Rex Heuermann?

Suffolk County Police have arrested a suspect in a series of murders stretching back into the early 2000s. The bodies were found along Ocean Parkway in Suffolk and Nassau Counties on Long Island. Sources told media outlets the suspect is Rex Heuerman, a 59-year-old architect and consultant who lives in Massapequa Park, where he bought …

Homicide
July 14, 2023

Homicide Victim Found Wrapped in Tarp on Trash Pile Identified 7 Months Later

This week, forensic experts reportedly identified a man who was found dead last year in a remote desert area in Arizona. In December 2022, a deceased man was found wrapped in a tarp on a debris pile in Yucca. Months later, in February, Mohave County police sent a sample of those remains to Othram Inc., …

AMBER Alert
July 14, 2023

FOUND SAFE: 3-year-old North Carolina Tot Possibly in Danger, Police Seek Tips

Update: A 3-year-old North Carolina girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued on Thursday has been found safe. Adalyn Mae Hochstetler was believed to be with her mother, Kelsi Lyn Hochstetler, and WSOC reported that the mother was arrested in Anna, Texas, northwest of Dallas. She has been charged with  felony child …

Serial Killers
July 14, 2023

BREAKING: Police Arrest Architect for Gilgo Beach Serial Murders

Police on Long Island have arrested a suspect in a string of killings dubbed the Gilgo Beach murders as the body count rose to 11. News 12 reported dozens of law enforcement from multiple jurisdictions were on the scene in Massapequa Park for the arrest, citing multiple sources. Sources identified the suspect as Rex Heuermann, …

Missing
July 14, 2023

Alabama Woman Vanishes After Calling 911 to Report Toddler Alone on Side of Interstate

Police in Alabama are looking for a woman who disappeared after calling 911 to report seeing a toddler walking alongside Interstate 459 in Hoover. Hoover Police said Carlethia “Carlee” Russell, 25, stopped her car near mile marker 11 to check on the child and called a family member after she called 911 at about 9:30 …