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'More Playtime': Rex Heuermann Used 'Planning Document' To Guide Gilgo Beach Murders, DA Says 'More Playtime': Rex Heuermann Used 'Planning Document' To Guide Gilgo Beach Murders, DA Says
'More Playtime': Rex Heuermann Used 'Planning Document' To Guide Gilgo Beach Murders, DA Says New details are shedding light on the lengths that accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann went to in hopes of getting away with his alleged murder spree. The 60-year-old Long Island resident, of Massapequa Park, was arraigned on two more charges of second-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, June 6, in the killings of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla. Heuermann was previously charged with the murders of four Gilgo Beach victims: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Earlier Report: Gilgo Beach Murders: Suspect …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Westchester School Filed By Ex-Student Expelled Over Mall Fight Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Westchester School Filed By Ex-Student Expelled Over Mall Fight
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Westchester School Filed By Ex-Student Expelled Over Mall Fight A state Supreme Court justice dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former student at a Westchester County school who was expelled for getting into a fight at a shopping mall. Justice David Zuckerman ruled that Ursuline School had the right to expel the 15-year-old student, and the student's claim that the school treated them unfairly and breached its contract with the student didn't have merit, representatives for the school announced on Tuesday, July 12.  “Ursuline has the right to expel a student who engages in violence off-campus even when the incident is not at a school-related event/act…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Boy To Death Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Boy To Death
Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Boy To Death A Hudson Valley woman is facing multiple charges, including murder, for allegedly starving a 7-year-old to death she kept secreted inside her apartment, the District Attorney announced. Leticia Bravo, age 39, of Newburgh in Orange County was indicted on Friday, Oct. 8 for her role in the death of 7-year-old Petter Cuacuas, who was kept hidden behind a bedroom behind a door that locked from the outside. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said that shortly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 10, Braves brought the child’s lifeless body to St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh, where he was pronounced d…

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by Zak Failla
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Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Will Not Be Retried For Martha Moxley Murder Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Will Not Be Retried For Martha Moxley Murder
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Will Not Be Retried For Martha Moxley Murder Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will not be retired for the death of Martha Moxley in the Belle Haven section of Greenwich in 1975. In a stunning announcement, Connecticut Chief State’s attorney Richard Colangelo said on Friday, Oct. 30, that he would not retry Skakel because he could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. While speaking before Stamford Superior Court Judge Gary White, Colangelo said a recent review of the case showed that of the 51 potential witnesses, 17 had died. He also said he had reviewed all the evidence and could find nothing new to use in a trial. N…

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by Kathy Reakes