Gilgo Case News Today

president of the screen actors guild, fran drescher, will join us in moments. welcome to "the lead," i am jake tapper. were going to start with our law and justice lead and the hunt for a serial killer. any moment, state and federal investigators in long island, new york, will update the public on the first arrest in their dede-long investigation into the gilgo beach murders. this is a case tied to at least ten sets of human remains discovered since 2010 along the shore in suburban l...

In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we discuss the latest on the Gilgo Beach murders, a shooting that left two officers shot in Brooklyn, and how the turmoil in Ecuador is affecting New Yorkers.

Asa Ellerup, the estranged wife of Gilgo Beach killer suspect Rex Heuermann has reportedly been in touch with him while he awaits trial in Suffolk County jail, though has not yet been to visit him

Long Island architect Rex Heuermann has appeared in court for the first time since July 14, when he pleaded not guilty to the murders of Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy

Police have reportedly taken a suspect into custody for the series of Long Island murders which became known as the Gilgo Beach murders with the first body discovered in December 2010

In the space of months the remains of ten bodies were found along a remote stretch of road near Gilgo Beach, Long Island. Investigators found the bodies mostly belonged to young female sex workers but remains of a toddler and male skeleton were also discovered

Our evidence, was increasing by the, by the day and by the moment. due to the great work of our task force partners. so, at a certain point in time we were like okay, we can do this. >> was a spy weapon or physical force? >> excuse me, we are watching something remarkable here. considering that this serial killer, this one guy that they picked up, earlier last night and then of course, arraigned this morning. this afternoon, rex heuermann. this ripped the new york area, long island. think about ...

Instances traveling outside of the country when these things are happening but it seems to be a link between all of them. this is a very good day for law enforcement and for the justice that needs to be served and for these families and the victims. >>neil: you know guys one thing we think of and sometimes you dont appreciate the enormity or difficulty of the task. you know, trying to pursue a case more than a decade old, a case of our member jeffrey dahmer, the first victim was in 1978, he was ...

Like this theres never just one motive. this is a serial sexual killer. these crimes were done for sexual purposes. if you break out the elements of the case like the bondage on the victims and then we know after the fact that he would call and -- call the families hes. -- families homes. it does seem to be some sadism involved. the autopsy will bring that out during the trial or court proceedings. the acts of how he treated the victims during the murders, putting hands on them, binding them, ea...

2010. there were found in december of 2010, by the suffolk county police department, and then there was nothing. absolutely nothing. for the next 13 years, their cases went unsolved. until today. when i took office in january of 2022, i made gilgo a party. i made gilgo a priority before he took office. i met with the victims families, some of whom i am proud to have standing with us today. and i told them that we were going to handle this case differently. we were going to do it differently. and...