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Investigators pore over evidence from the home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer as search ends

Headline from WFMZ Allentown, on the newest of 3 developments

The investigation into the Long Island home of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann is now complete. Suffolk County district attorney Ray Tierney announced the end of the search on Tuesday,

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Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Investigators in Gilgo Beach case operating on theory that the killings occurred in suspect’s home

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  2. Hunt: Inside the 13-year search for the Gilgo Beach serial killer

    Headline from Pix11 ·

  3. Newest

    Investigators pore over evidence from the home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer as search ends

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

34 articles, oldest first.

  1. CNN

    Investigators in Gilgo Beach case operating on theory that the killings occurred in suspect's home (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Since the spring of this year, investigators looking into the Gilgo Beach serial killings case have been operating on the theory that the suspect, Rex Heuermann, committed the killings in his home in Massapequa Park, New York.

  2. CBS News

    Investigators believe Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann killed at least 1 victim at his home: Sources (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Police confirmed Thursday they are looking at possible links to unsolved murders around the nation.

  3. CBS News

    Investigators believe at least one Gilgo Beach murder victim was killed at home suspect shared with his family (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Rex Heuermann may have killed at least one young woman at the Long Island house he shares with his wife and two adult children, sources told CBS News.

  4. ABC 7 New York

    Gilgo Beach Murders: Investigators say killings may have happened in Rex Heuermann's home (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    Detectives are now looking into whether any of the Gilgo Beach murders may have been carried out at the family home of suspect Rex Heuermann.

  5. Fox News

    Gilgo Beach murders suspect kept disturbing images to get 'fantasy going': expert (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann kept disturbing images in his Long Island home, which may have been used to get his "fantasy going," an expert said.

  6. Pix11

    Hunt: Inside the 13-year search for the Gilgo Beach serial killer (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    NEW YORK (PIX11) – It took nearly 13 years for investigators to track down accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. A married father of two living in the house he grew up in – directly acro…

  7. Fox News

    Gilgo Beach murders: Investigators eye potential Rex Heuermann victims in unsolved cases in other states (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Police across the country are revisiting cold cases for possible ties to Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann, who owned property in Las Vegas and South Carolina.

  8. New York Post

    Cops working to tie Rex Heuermann to 4th Gilgo Beach murder victim and six more bodies (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Investigators are close to pinning the murder of the fourth Gilgo Beach victim on alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann and are widening their probe to compare his DNA to other remains found in the r…

  9. New York Post

    Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann may have killed victim in soundproof room — and cops now bringing in cadaver dogs, backhoe & radar to search yard (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    “We don’t care how long this has to be here,” neighbor Kathy Huber told The Post on Sunday. “With these girls, with these victims, please, take your time and get justice for…

  10. Local News 8

    Investigators probing Gilgo Beach killings were at the suspect’s home with a K-9 and ground-penetrating radar, CNN affiliate reports (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Authorities searching the home of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann continued those efforts over the weekend with the help of a police dog and ground-penetrating radar, CNN affiliate News 12 Long Island reported.

  11. The Guardian

    Authorities excavating yard of suspect in New York’s Gilgo Beach killings (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Yard of Long Island’s Rex Heuermann – held in connection to the deaths of four people – is being dug up by investigators

  12. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Gilgo Beach murders: Police dig up suspect's backyard as search for evidence continues (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    One theory investigators are exploring is whether Heuermann, a husband and father of two, killed any of his alleged victims inside his house.

  13. CBS News

    Expert analysis: What are investigators digging for in suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's backyard? (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Investigators were seen digging up the yard Sunday in Massapequa Park, amid questions about whether critical tips were overlooked in the case more than a decade ago.

  14. ABC 30 Fresno

    Gilgo Beach murders: Police searching suspect's walk-in vault after digging up backyard (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    Rex Heuermann had over 200 guns in his suburban Massapequa Park, Long Island, house, according to police,

  15. CNN

    Investigators search Gilgo Beach suspect's home with K-9 and ground-penetrating radar, CNN affiliate reports (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Officials are continuing the investigation of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann, using ground-penetrating radar and a backhoe to search the yard of his Massapequa Park home, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told reporters Monday.

  16. amNewYork

    Investigators complete search after 12 days of home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer (opens amNewYork)

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    amNewYork's feed description

    A coalition of law enforcement agencies have been pouring over the property since July 14th, when Heuermann was arrested and charged with killing three women

  17. WFMZ Allentown

    Investigators pore over evidence from the home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer as search ends (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    The investigation into the Long Island home of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann is now complete. Suffolk County district attorney Ray Tierney announced the end of the search on Tuesday,

  18. CNN

    'A lot of evidence' recovered as search of Gilgo Beach suspect's home ends, DA says (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The search of Rex Heuermann’s Long Island home has ended after investigators turned up “quite a lot of evidence” in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Tuesday.

  19. New York Post

    Cops end search of Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann’s home, say his family can move back in (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    “The evidence doesn’t point one way or the other” that someone was killed in the house, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told reporters at a press briefing at the scen…

  20. NBC News

    'Massive amount' of evidence recovered from home of Gilgo Beach murder suspect, officials say, announcing search is over (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney stopped short of saying anyone was killed in Rex Heuermann's home.

  21. Fox News

    Gilgo Beach search warrant announcement outside suspect Rex Heuermann's house (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney visiting the home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer in Nassau County, where police executed a search warrant.

  22. FOX 5 New York

    Search of Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann's home ends (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    An intense police search of the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann is now complete, authorities said Tuesday.

  23. CBS News

    More women coming forward claiming connections with Gilgo Beach murders suspect, sheriff says (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Rex Heuermann is charged with killing three women and is the prime suspect in a fourth death, authorities say.

  24. New York Post

    More sex workers report encounters with Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann: sheriff (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Additional sex workers have come forward to report that they had contact with accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, according to the Suffolk County sheriff.

  25. Fox News

    Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann's family seen at home for first time since police ended search (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Suspect Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann's family returned to their New York home after police finished their investigation at the property.

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