Rex Heuermann was charged with a fourth depend of homicide for Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
Jan. 16 2024, Printed 1:19 p.m. ET
Rex Heuermann was charged with a fourth depend of homicide. The Gilgo Seashore suspect was hit with a fourth depend over the dying of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007, in keeping with paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com.
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Brainard-Barnes, 25, was found lifeless alongside Ocean Parkway close to Gilgo Seashore on Lengthy Island three years later. She “had been left restrained by 3 leather-based belts, one in all which was utilized to tie Barnes’ ft/ankle/legs collectively,” revealed the authorized submitting.
A kind of belts was branded with “WH.” It was later revealed that Heuermann had a grandfather named William.
She vanished in 2007. Her physique was found lifeless alongside Ocean Parkway close to Gilgo Seashore on Lengthy Island three years later.
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A feminine hair was discovered on one of many belts, and a DNA profile was carried out linking the suspect to her homicide by his estranged spouse, Asa Ellerup.
“The DNA profile generated from the Feminine Hair on Barnes, which was recovered from a belt buckle utilized to restrain Ms. Brainard-Barnes’ stays, is 7.9 trillion occasions extra prone to have come from an individual genetically an identical to Asa Ellerup’s SNP Genotype File than from an unrelated particular person,” the paperwork learn.
Brainard-Barnes was a intercourse employee from Norwich. She was final seen on July 9, 2007, heading to Manhattan with plans to return the following day, revealed her closest buddies, who famous she was at all times on her cellphone. She was by no means seen or heard from once more.
Heuermann was additionally charged with the murders of intercourse employees Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Megan Waterman.
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Heuermann was additionally charged with the murders of intercourse employees Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Megan Waterman.
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Based on the docs, “all had contact shortly earlier than their disappearances with an individual utilizing a ‘burner’ cellphone (i.e., cellphones with out an related verified identification), and the cellphones of two of the 4 victims Brainard-Barnes and Barthelemy, have been utilized by the killer after their deaths.
“As well as, every of the 4 victims have been discovered equally positioned, certain similarly by both belts or tape, with three of the victims discovered wrapped in a burlap-type materials.”
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The paperwork reveal that Brainard-Barnes and Barthelemy’s telephones “have been used to test voicemail and make taunting telephone calls after the ladies disappeared.”
Each Brainard-Barnes and Barthelemy’s telephones “have been used to test voicemail and make taunting telephone calls after the ladies disappeared.” The paperwork additionally state that “investigators might discover no occasion the place Heuermann was in a separate location from these different cellphones when such a communication occasion occurred.”
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He had already pled not responsible to Barthelemy, Waterman, and Costello’s killings.
Heuermann sat within the courtroom quietly as his lawyer argued he denied committing the crimes. He had already pled not responsible to Barthelemy, Waterman, and Costello’s killings.