The wife of 59-year-old Rex Heuermann, detained in connection with serial killings more than a decade ago, has just filed for divorce in court, her lawyer told her. In 2010 and 2011, bodies of murdered young women were found on the beach in Gilgo Beach near New York. Heuermann has already been charged with three homicides.
As explained to NBC News, lawyer Robert Macedonio, representing Heuermann’s wife, said that on Wednesday, July 19, he filed the relevant documents on behalf of his client in Suffolk County Court. The portal emphasizes that when the murders, which her husband is accused of committing, took place, the woman was out of New York state. Authorities have already said they are not treating her as a suspect. The marriage of the woman applying for the development with the 59-year-old man began in 1996, according to CNN.
Rex Heuermann with allegations
Rex Heuermann he was arrested by the police on July 14. The man, who works as an architect, has so far been formally charged with three murders. Rodney Harrison, the Suffolk Police Commissioner, was quoted by CNN earlier as saying that it “could take some time” to charge him with another homicide. Heuermann pleaded not guilty. The court will hear him on August 1.
Harrison also said members of Heuermann’s family were shocked to learn of the allegations against the 59-year-old. “If that’s what you’re asking, I don’t think they knew about Heuermann’s double life,” Harrison said.
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New York. Bodies on Gilgo Beach
On December 11, 2010, a 24-year-old woman named Shannan called the emergency number. She was supposed to be an escort and left the house of a client who lived near Gilgo Beach. She told the operator that she feared for her life. Police dispatched to the beach discovered the body. However, they did not belong to her, but to 24-year-old Melissa. Two days later, the bodies of 22-year-old Megan, 27-year-old Amber and 25-year-old Maureen were found. The found women were dubbed the “four from Gilgo”. The media began to write about a serial killer killing female escorts.
In the following months, investigators found human remains again. After a year, Shannan’s body was found. Together the media inform about 11 bodies foundbut according to various sources, there may be from 10 to as many as 18. For over a decade, the perpetrator remained elusive, and the media called the case “one of the most intense searches for a serial killer in history.”
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