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Edward Helmore in New York

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Long island serial killer suspect s properties searched for trophies - The Untold Story

Authorities positioned themselves outside of Rex Heuermann's property on Long Island on Thursday as crime lab investigators scoured the home for evidence.
Crime lab investigators scoured Rex Heuermann's property on Long Island for evidence on Thursday. Photograph: Kyle Mazza/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Investigators in Long Island, New York, said they were looking for “trace evidence, blood, DNA” and “trophies” that could further tie the suspect, Rex Heuermann, to the murders of three women and possibly other victims in the Gilgo Beach area.

“Normally people keep mementoes of significant times in their life, so that’s what we’re looking for,” the Suffolk county district attorney, Ray Tierney, told Newsday, describing as “painstaking” the search of Heuermann’s home in Massapequa Park, storage lockers and vehicle.

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