In an ongoing effort to gather evidence in the long-standing unsolved Gilgo Beach murder case, law enforcement officials conducted a search of a storage unit on Long Island connected to the suspected serial killer, Rex Heuermann.
Late on Sunday night, Suffolk police executed a search warrant at a specific unit within Omega Self Storage in Amityville, as part of their investigation into the Gilgo suspect case, as confirmed by Suffolk police spokesperson to News12 Long Island.
The entrance to the parking lot in front of the locked storage units was cordoned off with crime scene tape, and several police cruisers were observed at the scene, as depicted in photographs obtained by The Post.
Earlier in the day, state police seized a significant number of firearms, along with various items such as a child-like doll, cat food, a scratching post, an empty bookcase, and a framed picture from Heuermann's residence in Massapequa Park. This residence is located in close proximity to the aforementioned storage unit.
According to a police source cited by The Post, the search of the alleged killer's home was conducted in order to uncover any potential evidence or trophies that might assist in the investigation.
Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old married father and architect employed at a Manhattan firm, was arrested and charged on Friday in connection with the 2010 murders of Malissa Barthelemy (24), Megan Waterman (22), and Amber Costello (27). While he is considered the primary suspect in the killing of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes (25), he has not yet been charged with her murder.
The remains of the four women were discovered wrapped in burlap and discarded along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach back in December 2010. By the following spring, a total of ten bodies, including eight women, an unidentified man, and a toddler, were found in the same vicinity.
Despite the case going cold for over a decade, in February 2022, Suffolk County's new police commissioner established a dedicated task force, known as the Gilgo Beach Homicide Investigation Task Force, to reexamine the unsolved murders.
The connection between Rex Heuermann and the killings emerged when his DNA, found on a discarded pizza crust, was positively matched to the DNA recovered from the body of Megan Waterman.