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Long Island Serial Killings - A Timeline of the Investigation · Murder Files Unsealed

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  The Gilgo Beach murders have been described by the police as one of the most
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  significant homicide investigations in the history of Long Island. The search for Shannon Gilbert,
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  a missing sex worker, ultimately led to the discovery of ten other bodies
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  along a beach on the island's south shore. After nearly thirteen years since the
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  first victim was found, a suspect has finally been apprehended in connection with the
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  case. Rex Houyman, a New York City architect, has been accused of
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  the murders of Melissa Barthelemy Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello, whose bodies were
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  uncovered in burlap in December twenty ten. As per court documents, Hoyman,
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  aged fifty nine, and a married father of two, faced charges in the
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  death of Maureen Brainered Barnes, the fourth victim found that month. As stated
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  in the court document, the victims, known as the Gilger four, were
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  Craigslist escorts discovered along the beach approximately five hundred feet apart, all succumbing to
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  homicidal violence, according to authorities. In June twenty twenty four, the case
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  took a shocking turn when Heyman was accused of two additional murders, one dating
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  back to nineteen ninety three, pre dating the others, with remains found in
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  Southampton, an hour east of Gilgo Beach. Below is a timeline of the
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  investigation. July ninth, two thousand seven, brain At Barnes, age twenty
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  five, was last seen alive in New York City, as per prosecutors.
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  July tenth, two thousand and nine, Barthelemy, age twenty four, was
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  last seen alive in New York City, according to prosecutors. May first,
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  twenty ten, Gilbert, age twenty three, disappeared after fleeing from a client's
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  residence in Oak Beach, near Gilgo Beach. As reported by the police,
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  her disappearance led to multiple searches in the area. June sixth, twenty ten,
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  Waterman twenty two, was last seen alive at the Holiday Inn in Haupo's,
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  New York, according to prosecutors. Sept Two, twenty ten, Costello
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  twenty seven, was last seen alive at her home in West Babylon, New
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  York, according to prosecutors. Deck Once eleven, twenty ten, a police
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  officer searching for Gilbert with his Police K nine along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach
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  near her last known location, finds a set of human remains that are later
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  identified to be those of Barthelemy, police said Dexchamord thirteen, twenty ten.
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  During a search of the area, police discover the remains of Brainerd, Barnes,
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  Watermen, and Costello within a quarter mile of where Barthelemy's remains were recovered,
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  police said. March twenty ninth and eleven, amid the continued search for
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  Gilbert, police find partial skeletal remains several miles east of where the Gilgo Beach
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  four were found, belonging to Jessica Taylor, a twenty year old sex worker.
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  Other remains from Taylor were previously discovered in Manerville in eastern Long Island in
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  July two thousand. Three. April fourth, twenty eleven, police discover three
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  sets of remains along Ocean Parkway while searching for Gilbert. Valerie Mack, a
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  twenty four year old escort who went missing while living in Philadelphia, is found
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  around a mile and a half east of Taylor's remains and just over two miles
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  east of the Gilgo four. Max's partial remains were previously found in Manerville in
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  September two thousand, and authorities have suggested a possible link to Taylor's remains.
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  An unidentified female toddler's remains are also found in the same vicinity. The remains
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  of an unidentified man are discovered closer to the Gilgo four. Officials stated that
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  the individual was around seventeen to twenty three years old, of Asian descent,
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  and had passed away five to ten years before being found. April eleventh,
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  twenty eleven. Two sets of remains are located off Ocean Parkway in Nassau County,
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  seven miles west of Gilgo Beach. One set of remains is identified as
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  the mother of the female toddler found on April fourth, twenty eleven. The
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  mother's partial remains were initially discovered in nineteen ninety seven in Hempstead Lake State Park.
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  The second set, known as Jane Doe seven, is confirmed to belong
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  to an unidentified victim whose remains were found on Fire Island in nineteen ninety six.
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  December thirteenth, twenty eleven, Gilbert's body is discovered in Marshland near Oak
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  Beach. Her death is later determined to be an accidental drowning, although her
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  family insists they believe she was murdered. January twenty twenty two, a task
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  force is established by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office to conduct a thorough review
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  of the evidence in the case. March fourteenth, twenty twenty two, Huyman
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  is initially identified as a suspect in the investigation. As reported by Suffolk County
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  District Attorney Ray Tierney, Huyman's movements were traced through his Chevrolet Avalanche, according
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  to court records. A witness to Costello's disappearance claimed to have seen a Chevrolet
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  Avalanche at Costello's residence. According to court documents, July thirteenth, twenty twenty
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  three, Huyman is apprehended at his Midtown office in Manhattan. Investigators linked deal
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  from hare found in the burlap used to wrap Waterman's body to leftover pizza crust
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  Hyman discarded in a Manhattan garbage can in January twenty twenty three. According to
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  court records, Detectives traced Huyman's movements through cell phone records. As detailed in
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  court records, Tierney mentioned that cell phone mapping helped investigators pinpoint specific areas in
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  Midtown Manhattan and Massapequa Park,