Long Island Serial Killer

"I think his hobbies right now are reading books, reading his discovery, sleeping and watching TV inside of his cell," a sheriff revealed of the man who is accused of serial killings on Long Island.

Rex Heuermann was formally charged with killing Maureen Brainard-Barnes, months after being labeled the prime suspect in her death when he was arrested in July in the deaths of three other women.

Asa Ellerup's attorney Bob Macedonio says she “wants to see and hear the evidence that's presented in court" against the accused Gilgo Beach killer.

“This is not going to be solved overnight,” said Tricia Hazen, the half-sister of Valerie Mack, whose remains were found on Long Island in 2011 and 2000.

“The county has no lawful right to any of it that’s not considered legal contraband,” Asa Ellerup’s lawyer, Robert Macedonio, said.

An unidentified tipster “claiming to be a friend” of Julia Ann Bean, who vanished six years ago from South Carolina, recently implicated accused Gilgo Beach killer, Rex Heuermann, in the unsolved case.

James Burke, who served as Suffolk County police chief from 2012 to 2015, was once the lead investigator on the infamous Gilgo Beach murders case, which he’d been accused of mishandling prior to his resignation.

A lawyer for Asa Ellerup said she's been battling breast and skin cancer for several years, and that she'll lose health insurance in two months.

“He’s somebody that was still engaging in activity that was disturbing, be it his internet searches, be it engaging in other activities that he shouldn’t be engaging in," Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said. 

The Jane Doe was a sex worker in Manhattan at the time of her disappearance, which was not reported to police.