An attorney representing several Long Island serial killer victims is pushing for investigations beyond New York, asserting that accused killer Rex Heuermann likely had more victims. “It is clear that the [Gilgo Beach] Task Force is not big enough, strong enough, organized enough to handle all these cases that are multi-state,” attorney John Ray said …
A man already serving five life sentences for murdering young women and girls in California and Florida has confessed to the murder of a sixth victim, an 18-year-old Ohio woman who was abducted and killed while on spring break in Florida in 1980. Carol Ann Barrett was abducted from the Treasure Island Motel in Daytona …
An Indiana said reported Thursday that the remains found on the property of a presumed serial killer have been identified as Manuel Resendez, a man reported missing in 1993. According to Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison, the remains of 34-year-old Manuel Resendez were found on Herbert Baumeister’s former property, at a Fox Hollow Farm estate …
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann reportedly remains in a secure housing unit as he awaits trial for killing four women in New York. Last week, Heuermann, 60, was formally charged with the 2007 slaying of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach in 2010. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon …
“Burner” phones connected to accused serial killer Rex Heuermann showed hundreds of contacts with sex workers in the years before his arrest last year, a newly filed court document says. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the 60-year-old Manhattan architect was charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes earlier this week, adding the fourth of the so-called …
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann is due in a New York court on Tuesday, amid reports that he will be charged with a fourth murder. A source close to the case told NBC News that Suffolk County prosecutors will announce the new charges against Heuermann after they are unsealed in court. Heuermann is …
California officials in Riverside announced Monday that they are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a woman killed by Keith Jesperson, otherwise known as the “Happy Face Killer.” The woman’s remains were found on August 30, 1992, near Blythe along Highway 95 in California. Jesperson referred to the woman as “Claudia,” although officials aren’t sure …
A convicted killer who was arrested in May after allegedly confessing to two murders in Texas has reportedly been linked to more slayings. On Tuesday, Austin police filed a search warrant for Raul Meza Jr.’s Google account — which they believe implicates him in an unsolved 2018 killing. Police said the 2018 slaying fits Meza’s …
On Tuesday, Washington officials announced that DNA testing on human remains discovered in 1985 helped identify one of the victims of the notorious Green River killer, Gary Ridgway. According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, 15-year-old Lori Anne Razpotnik was officially identified after her mother submitted a DNA sample to the University of North Texas, …
New York lawmakers recently filed legislation to stop defendants’ family members from profiting from their crimes amid reports that the suspected Long Island Serial Killer’s estranged wife was paid for an upcoming docuseries. Film crews reportedly followed Asa Ellerup to Rex Heuermann’s latest court appearance. A Peacock spokesperson told WCBS that Ellerup was not compensated …
A Washington state serial killer is accused of murdering at least four people by luring them with the promise of hidden treasure, the Seattle Times reports. In each of the cases, authorities say 40-year-old Richard Bradley Jr., of Seattle, targeted people who had recently come into money or were known to carry large amounts of …
One man died and four others were injured Friday in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate shooting targeting homeless people in Las Vegas, Fox 5 reports. The victims were shot around 5:30 p.m. in the northeastern part of the city near a freeway overpass. A man in his 50s whose identity was not …
