Serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann got a visit from his estranged wife in jail on Wednesday, the first time Asa Ellerup has visited the accused murderer. Ellerup filed for divorce six days after Heuermann’s July 13 arrest in the deaths of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, and Amber Lynn Costello, as CrimeOnline reported. Heuermann, who is …
A Suffolk County, New York, judge has ruled that nearly 300 firearms seized from the home of Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann can be transferred to Nassau County as authorities there consider filing gun charges against him. Heuermann was arrested on July 13 and charged with the murder of three women found dead …
An Ohio woman previously charged with giving a man a fatal overdose of drugs and robbing him has now been charged with doing the same thing to four other men, one of whom survived. Rebecca Auborn, 33, is accused of meeting the men for sex and drugging them with the intent of robbing them. She …
New York police said the suspected Long Island Serial Killer is housed in the same jail as potential key witnesses in the case against him. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon told CBS that they interviewed 141 sex workers and 12 of them claimed to have had previous contact with suspect Rex Heuermann. Heuermann remains jailed …
New witnesses, two of whom provided sworn affidavits, are linking Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann to the murders of Karen Vergata and Shannan Gilbert. Attorney John Ray represents to estate of Gilbert, whose disappearance in 2010 ultimately led to the discovery of the Gilgo 4 and other remains on Long Island, He held …
An attorney representing the victims of the accused Long Island Serial Killer said on Wednesday that emerging evidence connects the suspect to two more cold-case slayings. Lawyer John Ray said the evidence links Rex Heuermann to Shannan Gilbert and Karen Vergata. Gilbert, 24, vanished from Oak Beach, New York, in May 2010 — a year-and-a-half …
Keith Jesperson made the admission while talking with Florida officials about the 1994 murder of Suzanne Kjellenburg, whose body was just identified. Jesperson has been charged with her murder.
A Suffolk County judge could rule on prosecutors’ request to transfer dozens of weapons back to Nassau County — a move opposed by Heuermann’s attorneys, who want them given back to his family.
Earlier this month, Kansas police arrested a suspect in connection with two cold-case murders in the 1990s. The Kansas City Star reported that Gary Davis Sr., 52, remained at large despite the FBI notifying Kansas City police of a DNA match in 2003. Davis, a long-haul trucker, has since been charged with the 1996 death …
A former employee of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann says he once bragged to her that he could literally find her anywhere — including “in the middle of the ocean” — and did. Muriel Henriquez, speaking to CBS News’ “48 Hours” about her ex-boss, said that “going out shooting, hunting, that was [his] passion, according …
An Oklahoma county sheriff announced on Monday that he had formed a national task force to look into whether Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer, was involved in a 1976 missing persons case as well as other cases uncovered in their investigation. Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden said that “initial findings strongly indicate potential links” …
Investigators are seeking public assistance in identifying old barns and silos around Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, seen in recently-revealed sketches created by “BTK” killer, Dennis Rader Following Rader’s arrest in 2005, investigators retrieved numerous sketches from Rader’s belongings. CNN obtained several of the drawings, which could possibly reveal additional crimes and victims. “We’re hoping that …
