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Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer accused of dumping victims in the brush off Long Island's Ocean Parkway, is charged with a fourth murder.

Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer accused of dumping victims in the brush off Long Island's Ocean Parkway, charged with a fourth murder.

The evidence against Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, includes 2,500 documents and hundreds of hours of video footage.

Authorities continue to investigate whether other corpses found along miles of sand are linked to Rex Heuermann, who they say is a serial killer.

A Long Island architect has been charged with killing three women. The victims were among 10 people whose remains were found along a stretch of beach on Long Island.

For a killer looking to hide evidence of his crimes, it was the perfect spot. The straight, quiet stretch of Ocean Parkway would give him plenty of time to listen and watch for coming cars. Just off the road, a tall bramble of bushes and weeds grew so thick and thorny, even trained cadaver-sniffing dogs could barely penetrate it. It was here that the bodies of four women were found in December 2010, wrapped in heavy burlap, on a gentle slope that falls away to the quiet marshland of Gilgo Beach

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Rex Heuermann was accused of killing three women and is the prime suspect in the death of a fourth. All were found in the same spot, wrapped in burlap.

The arrest of a man charged in three of the killings brought a sense of safety to a community long accustomed to being on edge.