After a years-long manhunt that has confounded police, a suspected serial killer was arrested in connection to a string of murders and bodies found along Gilgo Beach on Long Island, according to a law enforcement.
Four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the case said Rex Heuermann was arrested around 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Manhattan in connection with the investigation. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, according to court documents. He is also a suspect in a fourth killing, of Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
In court documents, prosecutors described the alleged murders as "planned and heinous in nature."
