heuermann pleaded not guilty to the charges. >> rex heuermann is our guy.oing to see if we can attach him to anything else, any other murders murders throughout the country. >> i haven't heard anything about an eyewitness, about a confession -- >> did he have what investigators might call trophies, things that came from the victims? >> we're going to find out once we evaluate this mountain of evidence that we're getting. >> reporter: multiple searches under way at heuermann's home in the small town of massapequa park and the fifth avenue a architecture firm where he worked. among the items, more than 200 guns. it's why they opted to arrest him outside his office last week. >> we wanted to take him into custody somewhere outside of the house because of access to those weapons. >> did he make any initial statements? >> i can't talk about the statements. suffice to say he was surprise the. >> reporter: authorities investigating whether more evidence could tie him to crime scenes across the country. >> we're looking from beginning with molecular evidence such a

>> so what they need from rex heuermann is dna. midtown manhattan, the area where he works, and they're basically watching the building. and he comes out and he goes to a pizza place and they see him go through three slices of pizza. and he takes the box and shoves it into the green trash can. >> so that was a treasure trove of dna in there with that pizza box. >> so from a chain of custody standpoint they've seen him eating it, carrying it, they've seen him discard it, and they pull that box out. >> we're able to test it with his dna to match the dna at the crime scenes. >> one hair matched the dna profile, that of the defendant rex heuermann. >> reporter: just one month after these lab results police have enough evidence to make the arrest. local tv cameras captured him in custody. >> rex, did you do it? >> 59-year-old rex heuermann is believed to be responsible for murdering multiple women. >> we saw investigators putting on those full body tyvek suits going into the home of rex heuermann. >> suspected serial killer has been arr

in an update, heuermann's defense attorney said rex heuermann is a loving husband and dedicated fatherea and has insisted he did not commit these crimes. nothing would suggest he is involved in these incidents. >> once we establish him as a suspect at march 14th of 2022, the case started to really good fast, and then it kept on getting faster and faster and faster, culminating in the end of the grand jury and the takedown. >> reporter: in the town of massapequa park, where heuermann lives, neighbors were uncomfortable around his home. >> we saw this guy just standing there chopping wood, looking very strange. and we made a joke. we were like this guy is definitely a serial killer, you know, because he looks like a serial killer. >> reporter: james pagano went to school with heuermann. >> well, he had a nickname. everybody probably gets a nickname in high school. but his was herman munster, because he was so big. >> reporter: dominique vidal said she was recently in a networking group with heuermann when the topic of podcasts and true crime came up. >> he asked me if i knew about the gi

heuermann's alleged murders. so you're going to be looking for street women, women who are vulnerable, they're sex workers, overly trusting. they will get in the car with him or go to his hotel room or rental house where he's visiting. the big key is, does he know these areas well enough that if he slips up and kills somebody -- because i don't think he really goes out planning to kill anybody. i think that in the process of a sexual encounter an argument will arise and he will want to prove to them who is boss and then a strangulation or perhaps beating will happen. but i don't think he's predatory to where he goes tonight is the night where i might kill someone. >> i thought predatory goes with the terminology of serial killer. >> not necessarily. let's just say that it's in their subconscious that they're capable of killing and they make the argument arise so that they have an excuse to kill. but when you're having a sex worker come to you, then the stalking and the adduction is kind of obviated. so he's going

that individual was rex heuermann, the defendant. right array their criminal as he is 64 inches, a large person, not necessarily muscular, but a very physically large person. he has glasses, he has, he has dark hair. and also, of particular note, he owned at the time, the first generation chevrolet avalanche. there was more. he lived at 105 first avenue, which was located within that box area that the fbi first discovered in 2012. but there was more. also, he worked at the time, an architect -- he on his architectural firm, at an address 19 w. 36 street, midtown manhattan. there was also the area of interest, that was identified by the fbi in 2012. again, it was march 14 2022. and from that point on, our partners and my office, we use the grand jury to continue to investigate, and executed over 300 subpoenas, search warrants pertaining to this individual, to find out more information. one of the things that we did, we followed him because we wanted to get a sample of his dna. which we were able to do. we also got dna samples from his

. >> rex heuermann is a demon that walks among us. >> reporter: prosecutors say 59-year-old rex heuermannhitect in new york city and father of two, killed three women -- melissa barthelemy, megan waterman and amber costello -- and is now the prime suspect in the death of a fourth, maureen brainard-barnes. their bodies each wrapped in burlap, discovered in a wooded area along the beach within a quarter mile of one another in december 2010. >> for the next 13 years, their cases went unsolved. until today. >> reporter: in court today, heuermann pleading not guilty. heuermann was taken into custody at 8:30 p.m. thursday at his fifth avenue firm in manhattan. this morning, investigators in white forensic suits converging on heuermann's home in massapequa park, not far from where the bodies were found. the investigation going cold until last year, when detectives linked heuermann to a chevrolet avalanche a witness reported seeing when one of the women vanished. they also connected him to burner cellphones used to arrange meetings with three of the four victims. whenever the target phones would

he gave them the physical makeup of heuermann.t the truck that he was driving. guess what, neil? it looks as though the police department there dropped the ball and didn't follow up on that phase of the investigation, which was significant and could very well have bought this man to justice a lot sooner. >> neil: there's a lot we won't know about that to your point, ted. i did want to ask you about this fear of other victims and much like the story and ted bundy where there were other cities, other women, other corps, be that that could be the case here and that evidence to that might have been found in the home. what do you think? >> well, they may very well have found evidence in the home, neil. what we found when you're talking about these serial killers like you just said, ted bundy, john wayne gasey, what we found about these individuals is that they believe in taking what is definitively called trophies. meaning something associated with the person killed. i'm sure law enforcement was looking for those items in that home. al

heuermann is set for august 1st.ohn. >> wow, miguel mar kwedz, thank you so much. >>> with me now is billy jensen, co-host of "unraveled: long island serial killer." thanks for being with us. i mean, honestly, what a bizarre story with this mountain of new facts. what do you think of the arrest? would you call this man an unlikely suspect? >> no, he's actually a very good suspect. the fact that he lived in massapequa is where the calls were coming from, the taunting that we knew about and worked in midtown manhattan which is also where some of the calls had come from, he had been called potentially a contractor, possibly. it all kind of lines up. there's nothing really surprising. what's surprising is why it took so long. >> why did it take so long? do you have any thoughts on that? >> the fact that they knew that, you know, when it comes from -- it seemed to me that it came from the amber costello investigation and what amber would do is amber would roll some of her johns, which means she would invite a john over, s

for years prosecutors say heuermann was leading a double li life. >> rex heuermann, an architect.d raised on long island. >> reporter: 15 miles from the scene of the crimes, life appeared normal for the husband and father of two. just last year a task force formed to investigate the department's long dormant cases and they began to zero in on heuermann. >> very delicate balance for the need of public safety and making the arrest and that challenge obviously it came to a, you know, climax on thursday afternoon. >> reporter: investigators say a crucial break came in january when they were surveilling him at his manhattan office, eating a pizza and discarded it in a public trash can, dna everyday matched hairs from a burlap sack one of the bodies were wrapped in, authorities say they had been trying to match his dna to other sources without success. >> we had gotten one sample previously but the dna profile was partial. >> reporter: investigators said heuermann bought burner phones and used fake e-mails to scout the internet to make taunting calls to the families of victims. >> i can

this is the moment rex heuermann, a suburban dad who took the train to work at his architecture firmnew york city was arrested outside his office and charged in the gilgo beach killings. >> rex heuermann is a demon that walks among us, a predator that ruined families. >> reporter: ten bodies were discovered in 2010 and 2011 terrifying quiet shore communities along island. heuermann is accused of three women, amber costello, megan waterman and melissa suspected in a fourth, maureen brainard-barnes. all founded in a wooded stretch of beach, their bodies wrapped in hunting burlap, each in their 20s, petite and working as escorts. prosecutors said took this selfie he sent using disposable phones to solicit the women for sex. >> they've compared the victim's phones with the burner phones, and they immediately honed in on some similarities. >> reporter: they linked him through the cars, his car, a chevrolet avalanche, and dna lifted from this pizza box in a trash can outside his manhattan office. 13 years after the bodies were discovered, police seized more evidence at his home in massapeq

heuermann was charged in the murder of the three women, he has pleaded not guilty.ents also reveal heuermann's wife was out of town each and every time the three victims were last seen. on thursday, heuermann's wife filing for divorce from her husband of more than 27 years. her attorney telling cnn in a statement, "the sensitive nature of her husband's arrest and taking an emotional toll on the immediate and extended family especially elderly family mem members." authorities expanding the investigation as well as looking to see if heuermann is connected to unsolved homicide cases in nevada, south carolina, and new jersey. the next court date for this new york city architect is set for august 1st. >> that was jean casarez for us. the breakthrough in the gilgo beach murder investigation is one of many cases where a long-unsolved homicide got a break thanks to dna analysis. not only can police examine dna taken from the crime scene, it can also analyze dna from discarded food. soda cans, car doors, even cigarette butts that belong to suspected killers. law enforcement

heuermann lived on this quiet street in massapequa, long island.n office last night and arraigned today. >> rex heuermann is a demon that walks among us. a predator that ruined families. >> reporter: prosecutors said investigators were led to heuermann initially after a witness reported seeing a pickup truck when one of the victims disappeared in 2010. investigators later recovered his dna from a pizza crust he discarded in manhattan and matched it to genetic material found on the bodies. they also linked him to other evidence, including burner phones used to arrange meetings with the victims. >> we are continuing to execute search warrants, and we anticipate getting more evidence. >> reporter: today, heuermann was charged with murder in the deaths of three women and is the prime suspect of another victim, whose bodies were first discovered on long island in 2010. the women, all sex workers, were found wrapped in burlap bags. shannan gilbert was among those who went missing after making this desperate call to 911. >> he's coming >> where are you, m

this is a neighbor of heuermann comes forward tonight telling news nation that he heard heuermann diggingators told us they believe that heuermann likely committed some of the murders at his home. >> the guy was odd and strange, but never violent. >> reporter: neighbors of suspected serial killer rex heuermann speaking out about his past behavior. one telling news nation heuermann dug holes in his backyard. another saying they remain friendly after a confrontation 28 years ago when heuermann would look over the fence and try to talk to his wife while she was sun bathing. >> it happened so many times that finally i pulled him over, and we had a talk. >> reporter: residents in this long island suburb still in shock. >> for something like this to happen and right under our nose. >> reporter: as authorities continue to collect and investigate potential evidence, they are now trying to determine if the alleged serial killer may have committed the murders of melissa barthelemy, megan waterman, and amber costello right in his own home. investigators are combing through heuermann's home, searchin

heuermann was living. but time will tell.ly and friends, taking a look at some of the calls that are coming in, and seeing what information we can gather to see if the family might've known exactly what mr. heuermann was up to. >> brynn laid out some of the details in terms of what we know about what's been found so far in these searches, going through that house, combing for evidence, looking for anything that looked maybe out of place. i think one thing that stood out to a lot of people is this doll that was reportedly found and that too raising questions, it was not found in the room of his children court papers do show that the suspect made some disturbing internet searches including searches for child pornography. do you think there is any sort of a connection there? >> there could be. why this doll was in the house, once again, we will have to get down to the bottom of it as the investigation comes to -- more information comes to our attention. but, yes, some of the searches that we saw that he was doing is alarming. it

it is too much time. >> reporter: prosecutors say heuermann has led a double life. >> rex heuermann,n architect, i'm an architectural consultant, i'm a trouble shooter, born and raised on long island. >> reporter: in addition to owning and running an architecture firm, he is married and has two children. >> only way that they can keep this trajectory of successful killing going is to have a double life or otherwise just move around constantly. >> reporter: authorities say heuermann's wife and two children were out of state during the time that the three women who he is charged with killing died. heuermann's wife and children are cooperating with investigators. heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the three murders he's been charged with so far. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> the deaths of four women in the northwest region have been linked to one person of interest according to a local district attorney. their bodies were all found early this year. no charges have been filed in any of the cases and authorities aren't names the person of interest. investigators believe there is no ac

heuermann was charged with killing three women but has pleaded not guilty. he is the prime suspect in a fourth death. also tonight, a former employee who worked with heuermann at his manhattan office said in a new york magazine article that he liked to hire young and petite women and once referred to a client as, quote, a target in sight. another standout detail tonight, heuermann's dna has not yet been shared with the national database, and the d.a. explains that's because new york state law requires a conviction before anyone's biosignature can be uploaded. heuermann's next court appearance, norah, is august 1st, next tuesday. >> sounds like we are still at the beginning of this investigation. errol barnett, thank you so much. >>> well, tonight u.s. marine veteran trevor reed, who was released in a high-stakes prisoner swap with russia in 2022, is recovering after getting injured while fighting in ukraine. cbs's weijia jiang reports reed is being treated at a military hospital in germany. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that trevor reed suffered a concus

, as well. 18-year-old aaliyah bell went missing about 20 miles from where heuermann owned land. so far police have found no connection. investigators are searching the property for evidence, and it's where they found a chevy avalanche which may have been used in at least one of the three killings. >> makes you stop and think about the seriousness of what goes on in the world today. >> reporter: long island investigators are actively working with atlantic city police to determine if heuermann is involved in a string of unsolved killings of young women. >> as it stands right now, these charges are just allegations, but we look forward to proving them in court. >> that was lilia luciano reporting. >>> authorities say an oklahoma mom killed her three children and herself after a police standoff. police in verdigris, a tulsa suburb, say the standoff began last night and lasted for more than two hours. it's unclear what started the incident. the three children are believed to range in age from several months to 11-years-old. multiple agencies are involved in the investigation, includi

a case that has confounded officers for decades. >> max heuermann is a demon that walks among us, a predator that ruined families. >> reporter: victims' families tearful as authorities announced the 59-year-old father and husband was charged with first and second-degree murder of three women, melissa barthelemy, megan waterman, and amber costello their remains discovered within a quarter-mile stretch near gilgo beach back in 2010. in all 11 bodies were recovered in that area during sweeping search efforts sending a wave of fear over long island residents. >> i know there's a community out there that as the facts unfold will be sleeping a lot easier tonight. >> reporter: after following him through the city last night, captured on this surveillance video, today investigators searching heuermann's manhattan architecture firm and home in massapequa park, new york key evidence accumulating this year including the recent discovery of his chevrolet avalanche towed from his property today a witness to one of the victim's disappearance had described that vehicle according to court documents

last friday, heuermann was charged in the murders of three women and is the prime suspect in the deathlty to all charges. investigators are combing through his massapequa park home inch by inch for evidence. and police in new york are now in possession of an suv from south carolina that may be connected to at least one of the murders. cbs's lilia luciano is going to start us off tonight from outside the suspect's home. >> rex, did you do it? >> reporter: tonight, the investigation into the gilgo beach murders spreads nationwide. cbs news has learned police are looking into whether one or more of the three murders rex heuermann is charged with may have taken place inside the long island home he shared with his wife and children. his family was apparently away at the time of those murders. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone acted with the defendant, much less his family. >> reporter: law enforcement officials also tell cbs news investigators are looking to see if heuermann is connected to other unsolved murders throughout the county and the country. suffolk county officials h

last friday, heuermann was charged in the murders of three women and is the prime suspect in the deathleaded not guilty to all charges. investigators are combing through his massapequa park home inch by inch for evidence, and police in new york are now in possession of an suv from south carolina that may be connected to at least one of the murders. cbs's lilia luciano is going to start us off tonight from outside the suspect's home. >> rex, did you do it? >> reporter: tonight, the investigation into the gilgo beach murders spreads nationwide. cbs news has learned police are looking into whether one or more of the three murders rex heuermann is charged with may have taken place inside the long island home he shared with his wife and children. his family was apparently away at the time of those murders. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone acted with the defendant, much less his family. >> reporter: law enforcement officials also tell cbs news investigators are looking to see if heuermann is connected to other unsolved murders throughout the county and the country. suffolk coun

and rex heuermann has pleaded not guilty.ak. i spoke with an attorney this afternoon, john ray. and he is working with representing two other families of other victims that were found in the vicinity. they're not part of the charges now against heuermann. but he says these families are on edge. they are just waiting and wanting to know what the truth is here. and he says it's justice for the victims, but it's mercy for these families that have had to linger for so long not knowing what the truth was. >> right. and of course we'll see what they're saying in three cases, it, of course, could be many, many more. >>> joining me now the suffolk county district attorney ray tierney. and, district attorney, i appreciate your time. people are coming forward. two escorts among them who interacted with rex heuermann. they did not go home with him. are any of these new tips leading you to more victims, to more leads in this case? >> thanks for having me, erin. i think that this investigation has entered into a new phase. previously, we

heuermann has been charged with the murders, sex workers, all in their 20s. the investigation is continuing. and is also named as a suspect in the murder of maurenne brainerd barnes. in all, there were 11 bodies found in and around gilgo beach, only three and possibly a fourth now linked to one alleged killer so far. investigators say they made the arrest now, because they fured heuermann could strike again. >> one of the reasons why we had to take this case down, was we learned that the defendant was using these alternate identities, and the alternate instruments, to continue to patronize sex workers. >> rex heuermann has pled not guilty, and insists, through his lawyer, that he's innocent. he is an unlikely suspect. a husband, father of two, an architect, working in manhattan, and dealing with arcane building codes. in february, 2022, he was even interviewed about his job for a youtube show. >> rex heuermann, an architect, i'm an architectural consultant, i'm a troubleshooter, born and raised on long island. >> as for the several other victims found near gi

investigators say they identified heuermann using dna from the bodies of the victims and from witnessescriptions of him and the car he drove. investigators obtained hundreds of search warrants and subpoenas linking heuermann to temporary burner phones and fake email accounts. investigators allege he used them to communicate with his victims, taunt the family of one of them, and search for information related to the investigation into the long unsolved murders. >> we recognize that these crimes may have happened years ago, but that pain continues. >> investigators' biggest break is when they were surveilling him at his office in manhattan. he was eating pizza. when he dumped the pizza box they linked dna to the murders. all sex workers were all in their 20s. the investigation is continuing and he's been named as a suspect this the murder of maureen brainard barnes. there were 11 in all found around gilgo beach. only three, possibly four, linked to one alleged killer so far. investigators say they made the arrest now because they fear heuermann could strike again. >> one of the reasons

none of the women heuermann is charged with killing were gunshot victims.ities have also searched a storage facility nearby, a source telling cnn they're trying to pinpoint whether heuermann kept any souvenirs, items belonging to the victims. >> in these serial killer cases, what we see as characteristics is that they keep things from victims so that they can use them to relive the murders, to fantasize about it again. >> reporter: the gilgo four was a group of four women whose remains were found in 2010. the case went cold, but using surveillance, dna technology, and combing through phone records, investigators zeroed in recently on heuermann, and arrested him on thursday. he's charged with murder in the killings of melissa barthelemy, amber waterman and amber costello. and he's the prime suspect in the death of a fourth woman. >> that investigation is continuing with regard to maurian brainard barns. and we feel confident that we're going to eventually be able to charge that murder. >> reporter: but those four women are among 11 sets of human remains scat

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heuermann is out of protocol.in our facilitate can engage in. he has participated in yard. he is receiving mail. he's making phone calls. and, so, he's acclimating, i guess, to the best of his ability, to his new confinement. >> have you been able to speak to him again in any way, or not at this point? >> you know, i have spoken to him and introduced myself. i am the sheriff of the jail and i speak to all the inmates that are in our custody as i'm making tours. it was very nondescript. there was nothing unusual about the conversation. it was just that, yes, he's been interacting with my staff and speaking to my staff regarding various things. he has been watching television. i don't know what he's been watching. he's not been reading anything, no periodicals, no newspapers. and, so, it's really -- for us, it's status quo and standard operating business with a regular inmate in our custody. of course he's a little different because of the crime that he's accused of committing. >> you mentioned that calls, also mail

heuermann only had permits for 92 of them.ties collected a playboy magazine comes as his neighborhood accuses him of creepy encounters. he would peer over the fence and watch his wife sun bath and it led to a confrontation. >> my wife told me a few times she was getting creeped out by him. i had a conversation with him. it wasn't pleasant. not a pleasant conversation. we spoke pretty harshly. but he didn't get aggressive or anything. >> happening right now as you mentioned investigators are searching a nearby storage unit. this is a live look. this is the third unit they've searched in the past three days. take a look at these new pictures in "focus." this right here is the south carolina property where multiple outlets report today authorities seized heuermann's old chevy avalanche pickup truck. it could be a major piece of evidence because a witness identifying that pickup truck is what led to heuermann becoming a suspect in the murders in the first place. he has pleaded not guilty and will be back in court coming up on augu

heuermann's attorney entering a not guilty plea on his behalf. said his client denies all wrongdoing. >> linsey: an arrest in this case has been years in the making. reena roy joins us now. investigators have removed multiple guns from his long island home? >> reporter: linsey, that's right. images taken by dailymail.com show some of the weapons taken out of his home this morning. prosecutors say he had licenses for 92 guns. detectives have been scouring his residence saying they're leaving no stone unturned in this investigation. linsey. >> linsey: rena, thank you. >> linsey: there's also news about the capture of the escaped murder suspect and self-taught survivalist. michael burham is back behind bars after a nine-day manhunt. police received a tip about a suspicious person at a home in northwestern pennsylvania. alex presha is on the story tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the first images of escaped murder suspect, michael burham, moments after his capture, looking tired, dirty, and wet. his prison pants turned inside out. >> i would characteri

heuermann faces multiple sentences of life without parole."k, we know that he's been charged with murder and the death of three of the 11 victims in this long unsolved string of killings. he's charged with first and second-degree murder in connection with the death of three victims, the authorities say he's also the prime suspect in another killing, so from that bail application, again, if convicted on the current charges, the defendant faces multiple sentences of life without parole. >> no surprise there. they have the three arrests, he's behind bars. now they can slow down and really be methodical about chasing down all the remaining murders that are out there. but again, these -- one murder is enough to keep this guy at 59 years old behind bars for the rest of his life. so, this is a monster off the street, got to be relief for the whole community. >> sandra: interesting, more from the courthouse now, there appears to be a clear pattern wherein heuermann used burner phones and burner/junk email addresses to contact the victims. that's reall

heuermann has had no interaction with roommates. has access to the newspaper but so far has chose not to read it. the sheriff says they're using extra personnel and cameras to make sure that they don't miss anything. >> the type of garment that would prevent them from self-harm. he has no sheets inside of his cell because of the likelihood that anyone in this situation could possibly harm themselves. if they have suicidal ideations. >> neil, heuermann's wife of 27 years filed for divorce wednesday. her lawyer says the family is going through a devastating time and wish for privacy. the home that they lived in for years is being torn apart by investigators. i mentioned an eighth straight day as you look live from the fox news drone right now. a source familiar with the investigation confirms with fox that investigator dos in fact believe that heuermann murdered at least one of the victims here. but again, the attorney ray tierney is pushing back on that conclusion. the da says that the evidence collection process here at the family's

dna from the pizza crust, say investigators, linked heuermann to the murders. heuermann has been charged with the murders of melissa and amberlin and megan waterman, all sex workers all in their 20s. the investigation is continuing. and he has also been named in the suspect of maureen barnes. in all, 11 bodies found around gilgo beach, only three and possibly a fourth now linked to one alleged killer, so far. investigators say they made the arrest now, because they feared heuermann could strike again. >> one of the reasons why we had to take this case down was we learned that the defendant was using these alternate identities and the alternate instruments, to continue to patronize sex workers. >> rex heuermann has pled not guilty and insists through his lawyer that he's innocent. he is an unlikely suspect. a husband, father of two, and architect, working in manhattan, dealing with arcane building codes. in february, 2022, he was even interviewed about his job for a youtube show. >> rex heuermann, an architect, an architectural consultant, troubleshooter, born a

aishah: new details are emerging about suspected killer rex heuermann. the architect is facing a string of charges for deaths that haunted long island more than 10 years now. cb cotton is live from new york with the latest on this very shocking case. cb. >> hi, aishah. officers say that rex heuermann was confident he would never get caught and made taunting phone calls to the victim. the officers had to keep their investigation top secret to avoid tipping heuermann off. now that he's officially charged in the case his attorney is maintaining heuermann's innocence and calling the case very circumstantial, but prosecutors told fox and friends this morning, their case is buttoned up and solid. >> i think if you look at all the evidence and how it comes together, i think it's very solid and you know, it starts with the defendant's activities, but underpinned by that dna that's attached to the victims. >> heuermann was arrested thursday night not far from his manhattan office. he's now charged in the killings of three women and the prime suspect in a fourth m

heuermann also own as time share in las vegas, nevada.estigating all cold case there's to see if he has any possible involvement. this comes as investigators continue to search his home for a seventh straight day. take a look at the fox news drone. investigators also just packed up at a nearby storage facility where they have been for several days. d.a. tyranny said they're going through the home which by inch. >> neil: paul morrow is with us, former inspector and attorney. fascinating how he pieces things together. paul, let me ask you about the possibility that one of the murders could have been in heuermann's house. >> the district attorney is pushing back on that. there's some language in the application, which has been released, which has thest mo detail. seems to indicate the task force believes some victims vanished from massapequa. that's where he lives. so unless it was someplace else in the area, as in a hotel room or something like that, that's why some people that are observing this are coming to the conclusion that some of it

heuermann had a double life. i guess at nighttime he turned into this monster. >> reporter: police honed in on heuermann in march 2022 after discovering he owned a truck an eyewitness connected to one of the disappearances. over time, they found data from seven burner phones used to contact victims. more than 200 internet searches about the gilgo beach investigation, and tied dna found on a discarded pizza crust to hair found on one of the bodies. police found the remains of 11 people in the area of gilgo beach, including a toddler. they are now looking at other unsolved crimes. >> there's still an awful lot of investigation that has to be done to fully understand how many people were victims to this individual. >> reporter: prosecutors say they pushed up the time frame on the arrest because heuermann was closely monitoring the investigation and was a danger to the community. he has pleaded not guilty to the murders of the three women. norah. >> elaine quijano, thank you. >>> tonight the faa is investigating what

heuermann pleaded not guilty to the charges. ellerup's dna is at the center of the case the prosecutor says the 59-year-old's hair was found at the crime scene, but she has not been charged police believe ellerup was traveling when heuermann murdered his victims according to court documents. investigators have not stopped since the arrest and are casting a wide net looking for evidence and links to unsolved cases in las vegas, where heuermann owns property, and at this home in south carolina, owned by a family member, where authorities seized heuermann chevrolet avalanche. the car described by a witness all those years ago that was key to cracking the case according to the d.a. and in new jersey authorities say they are specifically looking at the 2006 eastbound strangler case. the bodies of four women who worked in the sex trade were discovered in a drainage ditch, the killer never found >> stephanie, it sounds like they're looking for potentially additional charges. but right now he is already facing life behind bars if convic

heuermann was charged with killing three women, but has pleaded not guilty.also tonight, a former employee who worked with heuermann at his manhattan office said in a "new york magazine" article that he liked to hire young and petite women and once referred to a client as a "target in sight." another standout detail tonight, heuermann's dna has not yet been shared with the national database. and the d.a. explains that is because new york state law requires a conviction before anyone's bio signature can be uploaded. heuermann's next court appearance, norah, is august 1st, next tuesday. >> norah: sounds like we are still at the beginning of this investigation. errol barnett, thank you so much. well, tonight, u.s. marine veteran trevor reed, who was released in a high-stakes prisoner swap with russia in 2022, is recovering after getting injured while fighting in ukraine. cbs's weijia jiang reports reed is being treated at a military hospital in germany. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that trevor reed suffered a concussion and lacerations while fighting in eas

investigates into the suspect rex heuermann now cover new york, las vegas, and south carolina. where the 59-year-old owned property with his family. and as authorities pour over his home, they are keen on unearthing evidence and items they say heuermann may have kept as souvenirs from the killings. cnn's polo sandoval is following the latest for us live from new york. what more are you learning about what investigators are looking for, and what they're alleging? >> so fred, this is per a source that is involved in this investigation, telling cnn there are at least two reasons why investigators, since this spring, have been working with this theory, that they believe either some or all of the victims may have been killed at the home of the suspected killer rex heuermann. more starters, the fact that his wife, rex heuermann's wife was gone at the time of these murders, that these murders took place, the district attorney told me last week that they used phone record, travel documents, to confirm that. but also, secondly, the fascinating angle of how they were able to essentially

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every single time that heuermann is moved. he's had no interaction with other inmates.e, take a look at the fox news drone, a source familiar with the investigation said investigators believed heuermann murdered one of his victims here. the suffolk county da disputes that saying the location of the murders were never specified. back out here live, the suffolk county sheriff telling us that investigators are contacting former sex workers that were incarcerated to make more connections with rex heuermann. so far they have not found out any. back to you. >> martha: thank you. let's bring in maureen o'connell. maureen, good to have you with us. your thoughts on the potential that he may have murdered one of these individuals at home. >> it was almost obvious to us once we heard that, you know, a couple of these girls were last seen or heard near the massapequa area. when we also heard his family was on vacation, you can imagine his anticipation. a lot of what serial killers get out of these crimes is the thrill of the planning and the anticipation going in to it. also, when

police believe his wife was traveling when heuermann murdered his victims.e wife of heuermann, her attorney sent us a statement acknowledging in his words, quote, the sensitive nature of this crime and also asking for privacy. he says that this is taking an emotional toll on the family. ana. >> and the victims' families r fur sure. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. >>> and so now i want to bring in former fbi special agent bobby sha cone. bobby, this case went cold for more than a decade. now we hear, you know, there are these ongoing investigations in other states. what are the chances someone like this stopped killing during that span of time? >> well, the chances are low. i mean, it could happen, but it's rare, when you have compulsion killers that act on compulsion, usually they can't keep those at bay. it's a low chance he stopped. it's highly likely there are more victims in more places. they're looking at other places he lived. he owned property. they're looking at other series of murders in certain places that match what they're finding in gilgo,

>> reporter: we're also learning about heuermann. new york-based architect from this youtube interview he did last year. >> rex, you're an architect, architectural consultant, troubleshooter, born and raised on long island >> what has your job taught you about yourself >> i think it's taught me more about how to understand people because -- >> interesting >> dealing with the technical aspects is something a person can learn. but it's the people, how they're all so different afrtd and how you deal with the people >> reporter: tonight, the neighbor no one really knew in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. >> he certainly did bifurcate his life, and there was a side that was public-facing, and then there was a side that wasn't >> kathy park joins me now from long island. kathy, what are investigators focused on right now >> reporter: jose, as you can see behind me, they're still zeroing in on the suspect's home the d.a. tells me they're looking for some sort of vault that may hold guns adding that heuermann had 92 firearm permits.

he calls the 59-year-old heuermann his clone.he told fox digital i was arrested age 59, married, two kids, husband, dad, long time serial killer, stalker, used electronic devices. lives in a neighborhood undetected. carey is the daughter of the btk killer. she is back today. thank you for coming back. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> saw a lot of your comments. draw this out as best as i can. he talks to the media a lot, doesn't he? you are not surprised by that and talks to a lot of professors and crimenologists across the country, too. >> he does talk to the media a lot. he is a pathological liar and narcissist, psychopath. the expected behavior we've seen for years from him. he works with crimenologists or talk to them. a woman he worked with was kohberger's professor. some people won't talk to him because of the narcissism. i do wonder if anybody had approached him to profile the unknown suspect in gilgo beach before he was arrested. i don't have an answer to that. >> bill: a couple more things. you say both kept mou

police say they're also looking for items from the murders heuermann might have kept.s might he have kept? >> reporter: anything, jake. anything that they can connect heuermann to his alleged victims, that could be something that he took off them possibly. they're looking not only in this home behind me, but also at a nearby storage facility. and jake, we have been here all day today, and i can tell you this home where heuermann lived with his wife and daughter, it's going to look a lot different than it did last week. we have been seeing just items taken out and put into evidence, office furniture, a playboy magazine, guns, as you mentioned, an arsenal according to authorities of guns was found in the basement of that home. so there's just a lot of evidence that authorities are going to be sifting through. when you talk about those trophies, sources are telling us that's going to be a process, right? if they find anything, not only do they have to run the forensics on possibly, quote, unquote, trophies that he might have kept, but they also need to show those to the v

heuermann's wife of 27 years filed for for divorce on wednesday.e family is going through a devastating time, and they wish for privacy. the home the family lived in for years is being torn apart by investigators as a source familiar with the investigation tells fox, investigators do, in fact, believe that heuermann murdered at least one of his victims here. suffolk county district attorney ray tyny pushes back on that conclusion saying the location of the murders is not specified. d.a. tierney also says investigators here at the family's home will not be rushed, they'll continue going through it inch by inch. suffolk county police tell us they're expected to be here through this weekend. back to you, neil. neil: thank you for that, nate foy. with us now is the suffolk if county sheriff. of sheriff, thank you for taking the time. >> thank you for having me on, good morning. neil: good good morning to you. sheriff, we're learning right now that this investigation still in its early stages is expanding, obviously, beyond massapequa. we're told states

they say that heuermann and his family really went under the radar.'t interact with too many people, but a lot of people just never thought he'd be accused of something like this. obviously, we have heard about the gilgo beach murders over the past decade. people wondering if -- wondered if anyone would ever be held accountable. and, you know, this week is definitely a moment of reckoning for so many people about the type of evil that can lurk around you. neil: incredible. great reporting on this, c.b., thank you very much. c.b. cotton. want to go to bill daley, former finishing b irk investigator. bill, what do you think? they're the figuring in these three murders, possibly four. but, again, there are many more than that, up to eleven including a man and a toddler, i understand. what do you think thus far? >> oh, so far, neil, it goes to show you that tenacity that it takes to go to catch these serial killers. i'll also say it's also a convergence right now of big data and forensics. so going back to when the bodies were first discovered over a deca