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Rodney Harrison jump started the Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation after it had been dormant for more than 10 years.
Long Island architect Rex Heuermann was charged with murdering multiple women and burying their remains near the South Shore beach over two decades.
A superseding indictment in the case states that defendant Rex Heuermann murdered Valerie Mack sometime between September and December 2000.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced the new charge on Tuesday morning.
Suffolk County DA Ray Tierney said on Friday that Karen Vergata was finally identified after first going missing in 1996.
Prosecutors say the arrest of Rex Heuermann represents a major breakthrough in the case, but only accounts for four of 11 potential victims.
A lot has changed in the case – and the culture at large – since 2011, says Robert Kolker, whose book “Lost Girls,” about the Gilgo murders was adapted into a Netflix film.
The series of killings has gone unsolved for more than a decade.
DNA techniques have led authorities to positively ID the woman whose remains were first found 20 years ago.
The disappearance of Shannan Gilbert led police to a mass grave.