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Gilgo Beach Murders: New 20/20 Episode Spotlights 'Biggest True Crime Story Of Summer'
A new episode of ABC-TV's 20/20 focuses on the Gilgo Beach serial murder case, calling it the "biggest true crime story of the summer."The episode, "Long Island Serial Killer," begins at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, and lasts until 11 p.m. New Update - Serial Murder Case: Suspect's Family Wants Police To Pay For Leaving NY Home 'In Shambles' The suspect in the case, Rex Heuermann, age 59, resided with his wife and two children at the Massapequa Park home where he grew up at the time of his arrest in late July. He's been charged with the killings of three women and is the prime sus…
Lifestyle
Martha Stewart Responds To Critics After Iceberg Backlash
Martha Stewart clapped back at critics for enjoying a cocktail with a real piece of an iceberg "plucked" from the waters while on a cruise off the east coast of Greenland. “End of the first zodiac cruise from @swanhelleniccruises into a very beautiful fjord on the east coast of greenland. We actually captured a small iceberg for our cocktails tonight," Stewart, age 82, a longtime New Yorker who currently calls the Northern Westchester County hamlet of Katonah home, posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 29. View this post on Instagram A post sh…
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Drew Barrymore's Alleged Stalker Spotted, Detained Near Her Hamptons Home: Police
A man who rushed up to Drew Barrymore during an event, causing her to be rushed offstage, was nabbed after he attempted to find her again at her Long Island home, police reported. On Wednesday, Aug. 23, a man identified as Chad Michael Busto was temporarily detained and questioned outside of the “Charlie’s Angels” star’s house in the Hamptons, the town’s police department confirmed. Read the updated story: New Details: Drew Barrymore's Alleged Stalker Charged After Appearing At Her Southhampton Home Lieutenant Todd Spencer confirmed that Busto allegedly went in search of Barrymore’s h…
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Gilgo Beach Murders: New Hulu Series Debuts With Look At Missed Warning Signs
A new series premiering on Hulu is focusing on the Gilgo Beach serial murders case and suspect Rex Heuermann, who sits behind bars charged with the killings of three women on Long Island and who is the prime suspect in a fourth murder. Related Story - Serial Murder Case: Suspect's Family Wants Police To Pay For Leaving NY Home 'In Shambles' The streaming network has just launched the all-new series "TMZ Investigates: Gilgo Beach Serial Murders," analyzing the decades-long investigation revolving around the infamous series of killings between 1996 and 2011. Episode 1 centers on mi…
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Gilgo Beach Murders: Primetime ID Special Puts Spotlight On Case
A primetime TV special says it will shed new light on the Gilgo Beach serial murders case and suspect Rex Heuermann, who sits behind bars charged with the killings of three women on Long Island and who is the prime suspect in a fourth murder. New Update - Serial Murder Case: Suspect's Family Wants Police To Pay For Leaving NY Home 'In Shambles' ID Special Report: The Long Island Serial Killer premieres on Sunday, Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. on ID (Investigation Discovery channel) and will then be available on-demand. The 59-year-old Heuermann resided with his wife and two children at the Massa…
Weather
Flash Flood Threat: Here's Projected Timing For System Packed With Storms, Heavy Rain
An approaching frontal system will bring thunderstorms and heavy rain that could cause flash flooding. The system will arrive from west to east early Thursday afternoon, Aug. 10, and continue to move through into the evening. Heavy rain is expected to begin in the New York City area, Hudson Valley, and Capital regions, and western Connecticut around midday Thursday and later in the afternoon in Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut. Areas where soaking rain is expected are shown in dark green in the first image above from AccuWeather.com. About an inch of rainfall is now expected, with lo…
Police & Fire
New Update: 34-Year-Old Who Went Missing In 1996 ID'd As Jane Doe No. 7 In Gilgo Beach Case
This story has been updated. Police investigators have identified another victim in the Long Island Gilgo Beach murder investigation. The name for a victim who had been known as Fire Island Jane Doe No. 7 was revealed to be Karen Vergata, age 34, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney and the Gilgo Beach Investigative Taskforce announced in a news conference late Friday morning, Aug. 4. Vergata went missing on Feb. 14, 1996 and had been living in Manattan where she was believed to be working as an escort, Tierney said. It's unknown if Vergata is connected to suspected serial…
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Gilgo Beach Murders: Rex Heuermann Appears In Court For First Time Since Arrest
Accused serial killer Rex Heuermann made his first court appearance since he was arrested in the murders of three young women who were found dead on a Long Island beach over a decade ago. The 59-year-old architect, of Massapequa Park in Nassau County, attended a status conference in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 1. Heuermann is charged with murder in the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello at Gilgo Beach, located off the south shore of Suffolk County. He is also the primary suspect in the disappearance and killing of Maureen …
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'You Had To Be Very Careful': Ex-Schoolmates Speak Out About Accused Long Island Serial Killer
New update - Gilgo Beach Murders: Rex Heuermann Appears In Court For First Time Since Arrest Rex Heuermann, who sits behind bars charged with the serial killings of three women on Long Island and is the prime suspect in a fourth murder, is being described as a loner and a target by those who knew him in high school, according to a new report. The 59-year-old who resided with his wife and two children at the Massapequa Park home where he grew up at the time of his arrest graduated from Berner High School in Massapequa in 1981. Actor Billy Baldwin, who was a Berner HS classmate of Heu…
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Alleged Serial Killer's Family Returns To Long Island Home After Police Search
Nearly two weeks after being forced out of their Long Island home while police searched for evidence in the Gilgo Beach serial murders case, the family of suspect Rex Heuermann has been allowed back inside. Heuermann’s 59-year-old wife, Asa Ellerup, and their two adult children were seen returning to their Massapequa Park home in Nassau County on Thursday, July 27, where investigators spent 12 days looking for additional evidence in the case. The extensive search of the property included digging up the backyard with a backhoe and using ground-penetrating radar. Earlier Report: Gilgo Beac…
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Gilgo Four: Connecticut Resident Among Women At Heart Of Serial Murder Case
They're known as the Gilgo Four. The women, all in their 20s, are at the heart of the Long Island serial murder case that has captured national and global attention following the arrest of suspect Rex Heuermann just over a week ago. The 59-year-old married father of two, an architect who worked on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and resided in Nassau County in the village of Massapequa Park just miles north of the site where their bodies were found -- in a grassy area of Gilgo Beach, a barrier island off Long Island's south shore in the Suffolk County town of Babylon. Heuermann was arraigned on…
Lifestyle
'Something Is Biting Me': Shark Attack Survivor Recounts Harrowing Injury At NY Beach
It's a tale not many people can tell: surviving a real-life shark attack, but that’s exactly what happened to New Yorker Lyudmila Emag. The 47-year-old Brooklyn resident was swimming with friends on Long Island coast about 20 yards off Fire Island on Tuesday, July 4, when she felt something bite into her upper left thigh. “I screamed to my friends, ‘something is biting me.’ I felt like I was in a trap, it was holding onto me,” Emag said at a press conference at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore on Thursday, July 20. Fortunately, she managed to get her hands inside the shark’s …
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