The Architect on Ocean Parkway: Rex Heuermann and the Gilgo Beach Murders
On a lonely stretch of Long Island highway, a police dog found four women wrapped in burlap. The man who left them there commuted to Manhattan, ran an architecture firm, and lived with his family in Massapequa Park.
In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, Alexander Lawson tells the story of Rex Heuermann — the Gilgo Beach killer — from the 1993 murder of Sandra Costilla through the killings of Karen Vergata, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello. Heuermann pleaded guilty in April 2026 and was sentenced to life…
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