Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney revealed new information Monday about the Gilgo Beach serial killers, as a multi-agency task force continues to investigate the unsolved murders following the indictment of local architect Rex Heuerman in connection with six murders in the area.
Months after 23-year-old Shanann Gilbert went missing in May 2010 after calling 911 in a panic, police found 10 more bodies along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, about 45 miles east of New York City.
Several victims remain unidentified, including “Asian Do,” whose body was found along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach on April 4, 2011. Tierney’s office on Monday released a new sketch created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and asked the public to help identify him, which places his time of death at least five years before his body was discovered.
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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney speaks to reporters during a news conference in Riverhead, New York, Thursday, June 6, 2024. New York architect Rex Heuerman is accused of killing four women and dumping their bodies near Gilgo Beach on Long Island, but he also faces charges in the deaths of two more women. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The unidentified remains belong to a biologically male victim with roots in southern China. Authorities said he was between 17 and 23 years old at the time of his death and between 5’3″ and 5’9″ tall. He was wearing women’s clothing, including Bill Blass pants and a Raffaella and Chrysantheme bra and shirt, Tierney said Monday.
A skull mask is seen hanging from a cross in the swamp behind Gilgo Beach in southern Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The bodies of Megan Waterman, Amber Costello and Melissa Barthelemy were found on the beach in 2010. Inset photo: Arrest warrant photo for Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuerman. (Mega from Fox News Digital)
Heuerman, 61, has been quietly jailed since his arrest in July 2023. He allegedly had a perverse search history related to torture themes, including phrases like “tied up young asian gays” and “Manhattan asian escorts.”
Tierney has not been charged in Doe’s unsolved murder, which he described as a “homicide by blunt force trauma.”
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A composite image shows the appearance of an unidentified Gilgo Beach victim known as “Asian Doe.” Prosecutors in Suffolk County, New York, are asking the public for help in identifying the victim, believed to have been brutally murdered around 2006. (NCMEC/Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office)
The suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer allegedly has more victims and search locations than police originally thought.
Heuerman is accused of torturing his victims before killing them, some of whom he dismembered and whose bodies were scattered in multiple locations. He has pleaded not guilty to all six murder charges.
Tierney’s office has charged Heurman with murder in the deaths of the so-called Gilgo Four: Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Megan Waterman, 22, Amber Costello, 27, and Maureen Brainard Barnes, 25. Their bodies were found near each other on the east side of Gilgo Beach.
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An old sketch of Asian Doe from 2011. (Suffolk County Police)
He also is accused of participating in the deaths of Jessica Taylor, 20, and Sandra Costilla, 28, whose bodies were found dismembered and abandoned in both the Gilgo Beach area and eastern Long Island.
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Rex Heurman, charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, attends a hearing at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Heurman has also been charged with two more murders after prosecutors collected new DNA evidence and discovered computer documents he used to “blueprint” the crimes. (James Carbone/Newsday via The Associated Press, Pool)
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Anyone with information about the incident or the victim is asked to call Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. A $2,500 reward will be offered to anyone who successfully identifies the victim.
