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Jul 2023
48m 49s

CAPTURED: Gilgo Beach Killer

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About this episode

The update episode you all have been waiting for! On July 13th, 2023, Suffolk County ended the search for their Gilgo murder suspect and charged 59-year-old Rex Heuermann for the murders of Amber Costello, Melissa Barthelemy, and Megan Waterman.

  • You can go check out our original episode on the Long Island Serial Killer case: SERIAL KILLER: L.I.S.K.
  • For a deeper dive into the LISK case, you can check out season one of Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer.
  • And if you want to dig into Rex Heuermann’s bail application yourself, you can view it HERE.
  • Shannan’s autopsy report, as well as the second opinion by Dr. Baden and the JJM Cold Case Consulting analysis were provided to our team by Micheal Whelan of the Unresolved Podcast.

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