The wife of Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann issued an unsolicited statement last week saying she has given her husband “the benefit of the doubt” and doesn’t believe he is capable of murder. Asa Ellerup, married to Heuermann for 27 years, filed for divorce less than a week after his arrest for the …
Was Ted Bundy a charismatic, intelligent man destined for success before his arrest, or was he an awkward law school dropout with below-average intelligence? Emilie Lucchesi, Ph.D., the co-author of Kathy Kleiner’s popular book, “A Light in the Dark,” sat down with CrimeOnline ahead of the 25th anniversary of Bundy’s arrest, to talk about the …
Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann was in court Tuesday for a status hearing on the murder case against him. The Manhattan architect is charged with killed four women found dead along Gilgo Beach in 2010 and has pleaded not guilty. His attorney, Michael Brown, said Heuermann is receiving counseling behind bars — he’s …
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, …
