Reported Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann He has been charged with a seventh murder: the death of Valerie Mack, whose remains were first found 24 years ago, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday.
A hunter’s dog found Mack’s mutilated body in a wooded area in Manorville, Long Island on November 19, 2000. Her remains were tied with rope inside a black plastic bag that was wrapped with tape, according to a bond application accompanying the new one. complaint
Both hands were cut from his body and one of his legs was amputated, the document says.
The rest of Mack’s remains were found more than a decade later, in April 2011, on Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, authorities said.
Suffolk County, New York, Police Department Thursday, May 28, 2020, This undated photo shows Valerie Mack, who went missing in 2000. Suffolk County police said the woman formerly known as “Jane Doe No. 6” was identified through genetic testing. genealogy technology.
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Prosecutors said they linked Heuermann to Mack’s death in part through analysis of mitochondrial DNA from a female hair found on Mack’s body. It matched the profiles of Heuermann’s wife and daughter, the bond application said. When Mack was killed, Heuermann’s daughter would have been between 3 and 4 years old.
Prosecutors said they linked Heuermann to Mack’s death through evidence recovered from some of the 350 electronic devices seized from him, including “a significant collection of violence, slavery and torture pornography dating back to at least 1994.” This online collection included images. mutilation and tying the women with ropes, two things prosecutors said were consistent with the injuries Mack was inflicted on and how he was tied up. the officials said.
FILE – Rex Heuermann, center, charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings in Long Island, appears for a hearing Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y.
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Investigators said they found a document Heuermann used to “plan” his murders. The document was created in 2000, the year Mack was killed. Under the section titled “Supplies,” Heuermann allegedly listed “rope/cable,” “saw/cutting tools,” and “foam drain cleaner.” Under a section labeled “DS,” which is believed to stand for “dump site,” Heuermann allegedly listed one of the locations where Mack’s remains were found, officials said.
The document also included a “preparation of the body” section with a note to “remove the head and hands,” according to the bond application.
Alleged Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann (R) appears with his attorney Michael J. Brown during a conference call in Suffolk County Court on October 16, 2024 in Riverhead, NY.
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Heuermann, 61, is charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with Mack’s death.
The architect from New York was initially arrested in July 2023.
Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the murders of six women: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello, Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla. The first victim was found in 1993 and the last victim in 2010.
