A Long Island man was arrested for the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach murders of 10 victims in a brutal Long Island killing spree targeting young women more than a decade ago, police said Friday.
Rex Heuermann, 59, was busted when an army of cops descended on his Massapequa Park home Thursday night in Nassau County, searching his residence and taking him into custody, police said.
“The Gilgo Beach task force … did place one individual under arrest, and he’s currently in custody,” said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison outside the suspect’s home.
Harrison, who made the case a priority last year, added the case was already before a grand jury and an indictment was expected Friday afternoon.
Task force investigators first targeted Heuermann after cell phone data put him in the area around Gilgo Beach at the point where one of the victims went missing, a source told the News.
That was enough to link the suspect’s DNA to samples recovered during their investigation, the source. The arrest was first reported by News 12 Long Island.
The veteran real estate executive, the father of two and a life-long Long Islander, was expected to face criminal charges in the cold case murders. No details were available on his initial court appearance.
His arrest came more than a year after Suffolk County investigators announced a ramped-up effort for answers in the unsolved spate of slayings. A $50,000 reward was posted in May 2022.
A press conference with more details was expected later Friday at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s office in Yaphank, Long Island.
“The work is not done here,” said Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone. “But this is a major, major step forward in achieving the goal that we have had from the beginning and that is again to bring closure to these families and to bring justice to the victims.”
State police and cops from both Suffolk and Nassau counties closed off a portion of the street outside Heuermann’s suburban home as the…
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