Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty at his next court appearance in April. Family members of the women he is accused of killing told Newsday they had been informed of the expected plea. The 62-year-old former Manhattan architect has been charged with the deaths of seven sex workers who …
A 44-year-old Long Island man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for torturing and killing his long-time friend, 43-year-old Christopher Hahn. Jeremy Allen was convicted of murder and tampering with physical evidence in January, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said. “Christopher Hahn deserved better than to have his life violently taken …
A Long Island man has been charged with the death of his 63-year-old mother, who was found dead in the woods in Manorville earlier this month. Kathleen Harrison Trent was reported missing by another son on January 29 and found dead two weeks later, six miles from her home, News 12 reports. Curtis Trent Jr., …
A Long Island woman arrested earlier this month for the death of her newborn baby girl 33 years ago allegedly confessed to killing the child and abandoning her body in a bag along a roadside. A New York Department of Transportation employee found the infant on the shoulder of Route 25 in Calverton on September …
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A Long Island man has been charged with attempted murder after he fired a crossbow bolt at his sister on Friday, grazing the side of her face. The Nassau County Police Department said they were called to the home in Lawrence just before 9:30 p.m. and found the 28-year-old woman bleeding from a laceration on …
A Long Island grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Bellerose man with sneaking into his estranged wife’s home and poisoning her with cyanide. Asif Qureshi, 53, faces charges of second degree murder and burglary in the October 17, 2025, death of Aleena Asif, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said. Asif, 46, …
Eighteen-year-old Emily Finn came home from State University of New York Oneonta on the day before Thanksgiving and went to her ex-boyfriend’s home to return some of his belongings. She didn’t leave alive. Suffolk County Police say her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend shot her to death and then shot himself in the face, Newsday reported. His parents …
Police on New York’s Long Island are investigating after a woman was found dead in her home with facial burns. A medical examiner said that Aleena Asif died from asphyxiation by an unknown chemical substance and ruled her death a criminal homicide, Nassau County Police said. Asif was 46. Her body was found last Friday …
A Long Island elementary school teacher has been arrested and charge d with engaging in sexually explicit communications with a child. Suffolk County police said that Mark Verity, 37, was arrested Friday morning at the home a family member after he attempted to solicit indecent photos from a child, Patch.com reported. Police launched an investigation …
The judge overseeing the case of accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann has set a date to rule on the admissibility of the prosecution’s DNA evidence in the case, which will bring a months-long hearing on the matter to an end. State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei said Tuesday he would make a ruling …
A Long Island grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old man for sexually abusing a pair of 11-year-old boys he met on Snapchat. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said that Bradley Schioppa led the boys to believe he was their age after he was added to their Snapchat group in April, but they realized he …
