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Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

Long Island police on Friday identified the victim previously known only as Jane Doe 7

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A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New York’s Gilgo Beach

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Gilgo Beach murders - update: Police identify victim Karen Vergata but won’t comment on Rex Heuermann link

Updates on the Gilgo Beach serial killer case after Long Island police give press conference revealing identity of Fire Island Jane Doe following Rex Heuermann’s arrest

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Long-time Jane Doe in Gilgo Beach serial killings is identified

Karen Vergata was one of four people who were left unidentified for years after their remains were found. The development comes three weeks after a suspect in a string of killings was arrested.

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More families await answers in Gilgo Beach killings – and the names of other victims

New York architect Rex Heuermann has been charged with three murders and is the prime suspect in a fourth in connection with the infamous Long Island serial killing. But, one week after his first court appearance, the families are still awaiting justice, and four more victims have yet to even…

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How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

More than a decade after 11 bodies were found dumped in Long Beach, married father of two and Manhattan-based architect Rex Heuermann is under arrest. Does this mean the hunt for the Gilgo Beach serial killer is finally over? Rachel Sharp reports

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Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

It’s taken 13 years but Suffolk County Police finally say they’ve caught the serial killer who dumped his victims along the shores of Gilgo Beach – thanks to a pimp’s tip about his pickup truck, a stash of burner phones, his wife’s hair and a pizza crust. Rachel Sharp reports

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Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

A Manhattan architect and father-of-two has been arrested in connection to one of the most infamous unsolved serial killer cases along the East Coast. So who really is Rex Heuermann? Rachel Sharp reports

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Gilgo Beach killings: police identify remains of another victim

‘Jane Doe 7’ identified as Karen Vergata, who disappeared in 1996, after FBI conducted genetic genealogy review

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Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered

Police refused to comment on whether the disappearance and murder of the woman previously known as Fire Island Jane Doe may be linked to serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann.

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Authorities to announce new break in long investigation of Gilgo Beach killings

Authorities have scheduled a news conference to announce a new development in their investigation of multiple sets of human remains found along the New York coast, some of which have been blamed on the work of a serial killer

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Long Island police expected to identify another Gilgo Beach murders victim as they announce ‘update’ in case

A senior law enforcement source said investigators have been able to identity another Jane Doe

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Gilgo Beach murders - live: Long Island police identify Jane Doe 7 but won’t comment on link to Rex Heuermann

Follow live updates on the Gilgo Beach serial killing case as Long Island police give press conference revealing identity of Fire Island Jane Doe following Rex Heuermann’s arrest

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Gilgo Beach murders – latest: Rex Heuermann DNA sought by prosecutors as wife speaks out

A GoFundMe was set up by the daughter of the Long Island Happy Face Killer to help Asa Ellerup and the rest of Rex Heuermann’s family

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed

Asa Ellerup filed for divorce just days after the architect’s bombshell arrest for the murders of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello

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Daughter of Happy Face Killer launches GoFundMe for Gilgo Beach murders suspect’s wife

Melissa Moore is the daughter of Keith Hunter Jesperson, the serial killer who terrorised the US in the early 1990s

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Gilgo Beach murders – latest: Rex Heuermann’s wife speaks out as serial killer’s daughter launches GoFundMe

A GoFundMe was set up by the daughter of the Long Island Happy Face Killer to help Asa Ellerup and the rest of Rex Heuermann’s family

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Rex Heuermann’s defence buried in mountain of evidence as he faces court in Gilgo Beach murders case

Mr Heuermann appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time since his arraignment

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Rex Heuermann, the architect accused of killing three women in Gilgo Beach, is due back in court

The architect accused of murdering at least three women and leaving their bodies along a remote stretch of coastline near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach is due back in court

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Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

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Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

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Police rule out link between Gilgo beach killings suspect and unsolved murders in Atlantic City in 2006

Police in Las Vegas, South Carolina, New Jersey and Connecticut have probed possible links between Rex Heuermann and local cold cases

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Rex Heuermann’s wife pleads to be left alone after his arrest for Gilgo Beach murders

‘I am pleading with you all to give us space so that we may regain some normalcy in our neighborhood,’ Asa Ellerup said

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How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

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Gilgo Beach murder updates: Rex Heuermann appears in court as prosecutors turn over ‘8 gigabytes’ of evidence

Accused killer appared at Suffolk County Court on Tuesday afternoon

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