Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuerman kept an eye on the investigation of the gruesome murders for years — according to The Post, new court filings reveal.
Police executing a search warrant at Heuerman’s Massapequa Park home in May found a copy of a July 29, 2003, Post article about bodies found along Ocean Parkway — two decades before the Hawking architect. Accused of murder of more than half a dozen Of women.
The headline reads, “Serial killer sighted in LI slay,” The article reveals the dealings of two missing women – Jessica Taylor and Valerie Mack, who were found dead on Tuesday. Became the seventh victim linked to Heuermann,
The news clippings were found in Heuerman’s bedroom along with other reports.
According to a superseding indictment filed by Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, the article was one of a number of news clippings and online reports the accused killer placed about his alleged murders.
The document says Heuermann, 60, was linked to Mack’s murder through DNA — hair from the victim that was linked to his wife, Asa Allerup, and daughter, Victoria Heuermann.
Mack, 24, was a sex worker like the other victims whose remains were found more than a decade ago.
She used the name “Melissa Taylor” while working as a prostitute, and was last seen in the spring or summer of 2000. Her partial skeletal remains were found in Manorville in September 2000.
More of his remains were found near Ocean Parkway in April 2011 near those of the victims, commonly known as the “Gilgo Four”, sparking an investigation that ended with Heuerman’s arrest.
Heuerman, who was arrested outside his Manhattan office last year, is now charged with seven murders – Mack, Jessica Taylor, 20; Megan Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, Sandra Costilla, 28, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27.
Prosecutors said all hairs found on the bodies were linked to Heuerman through DNA matching.
In addition to The Post report, prosecutors said police found copies of People and New York magazine articles about the murders.
In total, 11 sets of remains were found dumped ashore on Long Island.
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